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Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

yauming1023 — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:23:22 GMT

Issue started so suddenly, everthing worked fine until a point that the pasteclip does not paste stuff anymore.

- When I use Crtl+C / Ctrl+V, or copy base or any other copy methods (not including the usual "copy" command, that works fine), stuff I copied, even just a simple line, it does not let me paste. After hitting Ctrl+V or pasteclip or whatever just nothing shows up, no errors no popups, only showing "specify insertion point" in command line but it is totally blank next to my arrow.

- I first thought it only happens when I copy somthing from one drawing to another, or maybe it is some scale setting mistakes between drawigns but actually, I cannot even paste right next to the stuff I just copied. Also it takes a very long time to copy even just one line. This issue only happens in few files that I recently working on, some other files are fine.

- I have already tried: insert the whole dwg instead of copypaste (but it won't even let me insert neither, it is inserting blank), WBlock, Purge, -Purge regApp, Audit, Copy whole dwg to a new file, setting Pickfirst to 1, or any other solution that could be found on google, none of them worked. The weirdest part is that when I purge/audit the file, I save and close and reopen, sometime it will let me copy and paste normally (still taking unusual time to copy), but after pasting whatever I just copied for 2-3 times, it appears pasting blank again. It feels like it's saying "hey you used your only shots, nope".

This is so wierd I really hope someone can help me fix this. Thank you.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

pendean — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:26:07 GMT

Dumb question if I may: have you restarted your PC yet? Not in your list of "... I have already tried...".

ASSUMING... when you expand your commandline to be 5-10-20 lines tall and try again there is no error or alert message being reported about the content being copied of course (and if there is, what does it say?).

Screenshots of your ABOUT command and your OS details would need to come next if you are still facing issues.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

ChicagoLooper — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:42:00 GMT

Hi @yauming1023

After you've copied to clipboard and before you've pasted, look at command line. Verify whether you have any objects on your clipboard. The copy-and-paste function only works is you've properly copied objects and such objects are copy friendly.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

paullimapa — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 16:30:53 GMT

This happened in the office I last worked at awhile back when we received drawings that had the "china" virus.

There was an acad.lsp that would be present in the same folder as the dwg itself so every time that dwg opened the virus would spread.

We had to eliminate all occurrences of acad.lsp and use the free Drawing Purge tool on all drawings to resolve the copy+paste problem.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

leeminardi — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:35:05 GMT

Make sure the visualstyle is "2D Wireframe" and try again.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

yauming1023 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:21:40 GMT

@pendean @ChicagoLooper Thank you for replying me.

This is my command line after I copied one line, a rectangle actually.

After typing the (entdel(handent "B")) it just returned like this:

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

thisispreston — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:29:54 GMT

That error is a sign of some kind of data corruption in the drawing.

Have you tried doing a RECOVER on it?

If that doesn't work, then this solution is typically for it happening after a QSAVE but most likely still worth a try as it's the same problem you're having, you're just having it with a COPY command rather than QSAVE.

https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-Warning-Multiply-Owned-Object.html

EDIT: Sorry, I totally missed the last part of your post saying you had tried the (entdel(handent....

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

yauming1023 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:32:16 GMT

Yes I already tried that (entdel(handent "blablabla")) trick and it returned "error: bad argument type: lentityp nil".

😭

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

thisispreston — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:41:48 GMT

I only ask because you haven't specifically mentioned it, but you tried just a normal RECOVER on the drawing?

If so, then I don't know what else to suggest. I'm not sure what that "lentityp nil" error really means, I'm afraid you're going to need someone cleverer than me to solve this one!

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

cadffm — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:03:42 GMT

Hi,

>>"that "lentityp nil" error really means"

It means: There is no object with handle"B" (in this momemt).

I could check&explain and perhaps fix it, but I am in holiday.

@yauming1023 should share the file, so others can do it.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

yauming1023 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:20:22 GMT

@cadffm Thank you for replying me even you are on your holiday.

But I don't think I can share file here cuz it is my company's file.

Would be glad if you have any further suggestions after coming back from holiday.

Thanks everyone here!! this really affecting my work.

Re: Copy and paste is not working in a super weird way

pendean — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:06:43 GMT

@yauming1023 wrote:

...But I don't think I can share file here cuz it is my company's file....

Not sure anyone here can help you then, sorry.

Engage your company's IT folks to find out what changed with your system and files and perhaps restore them, have them help you clean up all of your DWG files using this very long list HERE, remove/reinstall your software perhaps, AND open a support case with Autodesk if you are on subscription to seek out Autodesk Support's help:
https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-find-my-support-cases-with-Autodesk-Technical-Support.html?_ga=2.143218544.457179972.1687356981-993279110.1686949184

Best wishes.