topic Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? in AutoCAD Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608251#M71259 <P><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9932606">@ghunt4MWG6</a>&nbsp;,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Try the suggestions on this link:</P><UL><LI><STRONG><A href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-Copy-to-clipboard-failed-when-trying-to-copy-in-AutoCAD.html" target="_self">"Copy to clipboard failed" when trying to copy in AutoCAD</A></STRONG></LI></UL> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:05:54 GMT Valentin_CAD 2021-09-08T14:05:54Z Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608090#M71255 <P>I am currently working in standard Autocad 2018. I have a survey basemap file that was sent to me, I believe it was done in Land Desktop but as it was sent it all looks like regular Autocad objects.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I need to copy the basemap objects into another drawing. When I try to copy with a base point it says "Copy to clipboard failed." If I try to WBLOCK it says it can't do it due to proxy objects.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I tried -EXPORTTOAUTOCAD and DWGCONVERT. With -EXPORTTOAUTOCAD it created a new file, but I get the same issues- if I WBLOCK the whole drawing, the basemap objects are missing for some reason. If I try to just WBLOCK the objects I need, I get the proxy object error still. DWGCONVERT didn't seem to do anything useful.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there another command I can run to get rid of the proxy objects?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:12:26 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608090#M71255 ghunt4MWG6 2021-09-08T13:12:26Z Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608103#M71256 Share your DWG file here. Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:16:04 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608103#M71256 pendean 2021-09-08T13:16:04Z Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608154#M71257 <P>Turn On all layers</P><P>unlock all layers</P><P>unfreeze all layers&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>do purge, overkill, audit, then flaten,&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>then try again. it should work.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:33:07 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608154#M71257 ritzofriya 2021-09-08T13:33:07Z Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608238#M71258 <P>Well I got WBLOCK to work, not sure if the purge/audit/overkill/flatten chain was what fixed it or if I was doing something wrong with with WBLOCK but at any rate I got it copied over. Thank you all</P> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:01:42 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608238#M71258 ghunt4MWG6 2021-09-08T14:01:42Z Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608251#M71259 <P><a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9932606">@ghunt4MWG6</a>&nbsp;,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Try the suggestions on this link:</P><UL><LI><STRONG><A href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Error-Copy-to-clipboard-failed-when-trying-to-copy-in-AutoCAD.html" target="_self">"Copy to clipboard failed" when trying to copy in AutoCAD</A></STRONG></LI></UL> Wed, 08 Sep 2021 14:05:54 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/10608251#M71259 Valentin_CAD 2021-09-08T14:05:54Z Re: Trying to copy objects out of a drawing that says it contains proxy objects, what to do? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/13656600#M71260 <P>This is a issue that pops up for me sometimes.</P><P>The best solution for me was converting the DWG into a pdf then importing that PDF into my template.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 29 May 2025 17:48:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/trying-to-copy-objects-out-of-a-drawing-that-says-it-contains/m-p/13656600#M71260 DPartanen 2025-05-29T17:48:48Z