topic Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out in AutoCAD Forum

AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

wispoxy — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 15:03:33 GMT

AutoCAD 2017

I have an engineer that can't paste with right click, it's greyed out, but control+v works perfectly fine every time. It's just Mtext with a circle around it. Any ideas are well appreciated, thanks.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

chriscowgill7373 — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:17:27 GMT

an idea:

check their system variables against yours? SETVAR is the command to call, you can get a list of every system variable then compare them between machines and find what is different, then change it. I've never heard of this issue, but it definitely sounds like it is a setting.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

beyoungjr — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:57:24 GMT

I find this behavior very often as well. Is the engineer using the right-click menu with Clipboard flyout?

I'd be happy to see if anyone has any advice on this one as well.

I use the software with defaults due to students installing at home. Not sure which variables might affect this behavior as it has occurred inside ACAD as well as when pasting from outside of ACAD.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

wispoxy — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:23:35 GMT

I compared his variables to mine and I found discrepencies, then changed his variables to match mine. Still didn't fix the issue though.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

GrantsPirate — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 19:27:45 GMT

What method was used for the Copy? If they used the right mouse button, the copy selection is not the one you want, must pick Clipboard in that menu, and then copy under that.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

wispoxy — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:03:55 GMT

I saw him use the copy under clipboard. It's weird. He saved and closed his dwg and reopened. Then it worked. He was able to copy and paste after restarting the dwg. Though it resolved the issue, I still have no understanding of what caused it or how to fix it without restarting.

A rare and unfortunate event.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

emacekLDT46 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:58:39 GMT

Same thing happened to me. Happens to me once in a great while. Not sure why AutoCAD does it, just glad to know that I'm not the only person that it happens too.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

bidrohini — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:01:03 GMT

Make sure that the "Paste" option is not disabled in the AutoCAD options. Go to "Options" -> "System" and check if the "Allow Copying And Pasting Of Formatting" option is enabled.

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

cadffm — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:37:06 GMT

@bidrohini schrieb:

in the AutoCAD options. Go to "Options" -> "System" and check if the "Allow Copying And Pasting Of Formatting"

Which program/version you are refering ?

Re: AutoCAD 2017 Paste Option Greyed Out

robert.worsfoldA2Q3C — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 13:05:20 GMT

Hi - the paste options are greyed out when you use copy from clipboard within the same drawing - you only get all the paste options when copying between different drawings. in this case, typing the command pasteblock will still let you paste the data in albeit you then have to explode it. I actually prefer to paste as a block sometimes as you can have a bit more control over the pasted in data before you commit to it