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Copy and past

ninareeves — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:29:51 GMT

Example of my problem I am working in AutoCAD 2013. I have 6 paper space tabs set up as 6 sheets for construction drawing set. I have a title block inserted on sheet 1, I input all the project data, the I copy clip the block to the following sheets so that i do not have to type the base info multiple time just update the sheet info. The copy function looks like it works but when I go to the next sheet and past there is nothing. I have tried this with right clicking to past, cntl v, insert tab insert. all ways nothing pastes. From other posts I did verify that the temp file in %temp% is being created, but if I open that drawing it is empty. I can not figure out where the data is going.

Re: Copy and past

leothebuilder — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:40:54 GMT

Welcome to this forum.

Are you pasting onto a layer that is OFF or FROZEN ?

Re: Copy and past

ninareeves — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:43:47 GMT

Thank you for the welcome,

No the layer is not off or frozen, I also tried to just past on layer 0 and a different layer than the copied one and the copied one. This has always worked in the past I have been doing the same thing for years in my workflow, I am baffled.

Re: Copy and past

leothebuilder — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:45:31 GMT

Try another application like Word and see if copy and paste works...........

Maybe restart autocad, reboot the pooter.....

Re: Copy and past

ninareeves — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:53:31 GMT

I have rebooted the computer and re-started AutoCAD,

It is interesting copy and past works in word and excel, the interesting part is that when i do a clip the clipboard in an office program the clipboard shows 24 items plus the 1 i just clipped I select clear all and clipboard looks empty. I try to clip something from the the same doc again the same thing happen, there seems to be 24 items on my clipboard that I can not get rid of. Not sure if this makes a difference to AutoCAD or not. I have also been searching google for a solution to the clip board issue as windows 7 professional does not have a clipboard manager.

I also was experimenting with linking excel sheets with AutoCAD and thing that is where the 24 items may have come from?

Re: Copy and past

leothebuilder — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:57:17 GMT

That is strange.....

Have you tried to copy and paste something simple like a line object from one sheet to another sheet?

Have you tried another cad file to see if the same problem occurs?

I'm running out of suggestions.

Re: Copy and past

ninareeves — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:10:03 GMT

I was just able to copy a simple line and paste into a new drawing but not the current drawing????

Also It has been happening about a week now so it does happen in many different drawings...

Thank you for your input and help

Re: Copy and past

leothebuilder — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:09:46 GMT

Ok....if copy and paste works in another cad file the problem is in that file.

I would try an audit and purge

Re: Copy and past

ninareeves — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 22:21:51 GMT

Did both just now, nothing I am trying a recovery now.

Thank you again I appreciate the help...

Re: Copy and past

BeKirra — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 03:38:59 GMT

Here is my 1st guess - Did you set "PICKFIRST" to 0? If this is the case, set it to 1.

Then paste any thing from one layout to another. Will this work for you?