I'm having an intermittent problem where when I copy/paste in AutoCAD nothing appears in the windows clipboard like you would expect. It tends to happen when more drawings are open and I'm copy/pasting from one dwg file to another. It does not happen consistently enough to replicate, but happens often enough to be a problem. I have a counterpart that has the same version of AutoCAD as me (with imported settings from my profile) and it also happens to her, she is using windows 11, and I am using windows 10. I am using U.152.0.0 AutoCAD 2024.1.2. We are also using an AutoCAD app called "Microsoft Office Importer" that I feel could be linked to the issue. It uses the clipboard to automatically update/format text in the dwg that is linked to an excel spreadsheet located in the same directory. Thanks in advance for any help, we are at our wit's end!
Here are my notes I have taken (These were just taken for personal reference, I apologize they are not very polished):
Solutions that have worked in the past:
- Open "drawing sheet index" and "bill of materials" then insert block. Will give error message asking if you want to restart audocad, cancel that. Then it should work.
- Ctrl-v, select random object in destination file, then paste it in same file. Then ctrl-shift-v from source, paste in destination file.
- Also try this copy in the source file it sometimes works
- Close all office documents, fill clipboard, then try again
Things to keep in mind and things that haven't worked:
- If closing the file and reopening it doesn't fix it. try running an "Audit" ("Y" to fix errors) then "Purge" command to clear everything extra out. If that still doesn't fix it try a "WBLOCK" command.
- Ctrl C / V are windows shortcut commands not autocad's, so I always look at it as problem with windows interfacing with Autocad. maybe too much clutter in the file or to big of a file size.
Situations in which it happens:
- Many files open and just copybase from one file to another
- Recently had copy and pasted some text from one note. After this when I try to copybase from within autocad it still pastes the same text into autocad. (thinking this is the same thing as when nothing pastes, there just happens to be something in the clipboard in this scenario)
