topic Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs in Inventor Forum

Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

andrewdroth — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:11:11 GMT

You can't paste a copied item when a view is selected or if the cursor in off the sheet.

This is annoying, and it should matter where your cursor is or what you have selected, a CTRL+C operation should initiate a paste.

This is the closet Idea I could find relating to the issue.

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

johnsonshiue — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 20:49:03 GMT

Hi Andrew,

Indeed, the behavior is not reasonable. Ctrl+V should always be pasting if there is something to paste. I guess the clipboard was cleared after something is selected. I cannot explain the behavior. I will work with project team to understand the behavior better.

Many thanks!

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

jhackney1972 — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:02:57 GMT

The drawing view is an entity in Inventor. If you hover over it and right click you will only receive view sensitive commands. You can easily paste your weld symbol anywhere on the drawing sheet, except the view, and then place it on the view with an automatic snap. As far as pasting anything outside the paper, this is not allowed by design. Since everything outside of the paper border does not plot, there is little reason to paste anything there so it is not allowed. You can drag entities outside the paper if you want if you want to keep it with the drawing but not be available to plot.

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

andrewdroth — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:11:29 GMT

@jhackney1972 wrote:

Since everything outside of the paper border does not plot, there is little reason to paste anything there so it is not allowed.

I disagree.

I know that it won't show up in a plot, but if i'm hammering out a drawing set I should be able to set up the views wherever I want and then worry about their position on the paper space afterwards.

Welding symbols are only going to be placed on lines inside a view, so it makes sense that as soon as you hit CTRL+V everything becomes un-selected and the item in your clipboard is ready to be placed.

This is about efficiency and consistency when making drawings. Making drawings as fast as possible is the name of the game.

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

mcgyvr — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:19:14 GMT

Seeing as how other software (Microsoft Word,etc...) allows what you are saying Inventor can't do then unless there is a very specific reason that this can't happen then I agree that it should fire right into the pasting command anytime even if you are outside the screen and/or have something selected already..

But this is about as low a priority issue as I could think of..

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

MechMachineMan — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:20:33 GMT

@andrewdroth wrote:

This is about efficiency and consistency when making drawings. Making drawings as fast as possible is the name of the game.

And on the 8th day, God created programming languages.

But seriously.... If you want efficiency and speed, customizing the tools using a programming language OR developing workflows and techniques that are compatible with EXISTING functionality will probably get you further than being at the mercy of another organization's schedule.

Re: Copy Paste Weirdness ind IDWs

andrewdroth — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:23:42 GMT

MechMachineMan wrote:

But seriously.... If you want efficiency and speed, customizing the tools using a programming language OR developing workflows and techniques that are compatible with EXISTING functionality will probably get you further than being at the mercy of another organization's schedule.

Word!