Did you paste as a block? Then explode it first.
Did you paste in Modelspace, but trying to grab it through a viewport?
double-click inside the viewport first.
Also check all layers, ALL LAYERS, make sure they are ALL thawed/on/unlocked
and see if that helps: it may be a critical layer is needed.
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Dean Saadallah
Add-on products for LT
http://www.pendean.com/lt
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