Simple Copy and Paste Help required

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

This is potentially Very simple to do, but i just cannot figure out how. 

I only ever do Wiring Diagrams on CAD, and very often Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V certain aspects of the drawing and then alter them afterwards.

One of the things which really frustrates me is that when copying lines, is that once I paste them, my cursur is sometimes to the left of the actual point I am trying to paste. Resulting in me pasting into an open space, and then re-selecting to Move into place with Object Snap

Please see picture for example if this does not make sense 

You can see from this that I am trying to quickly paste/recreate the line & Box onto the circle, but my cursur is to the left meaning i have to drop somewhere and reselect and Move using object Snap 

Hope you guys can help,

Adam 

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> very often Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V

use <CTRL><SHIFT><C> instead and you can define the base point for copying.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks 🙂
I knew it would be simple, I just needed to ask the question!

[nestly2]

When using CopyClip (CTRL+C) the basepoint is typically the left most X coord and the lowest Y coordinate of the object(s) selected, so often it's of no use as a "basepoint."

I normally use COpy command rather than CopyClip when copying objects within the same drawing, which allows a basepoint to be specified, but if you prefer CopyClip, perhaps use Copybase (CTRL+Shift+C) and pick your own basepoint.