CopyClip Repeating

[MarkFitz]

I have 5 drawings open and I'm trying to copy details from 2 thru 5 into the main drawing 1.  I go to drawing 2, I select what I want to copy and paste it into drawing 1.   I go to drawing 3, select, copy, paste.  Drawing 4, select, copy, paste.  Drawing 5, select, copy, paste.

Back to drawing 1, I zoom in only to find what I thought I was copying from drawings 3, 4 & 5 were actually duplicates of what I copied from drawing 2.  Even if I copyclip with a selected basepoint, I still get the same result.

Anyone have any idea how to resolve this issue? 

Many thanks, and a happy new year to everyone!

MarkF

[chenj]

happy new year！
Do you use the copy and paste commands： “Ctrl+C” and “Ctrl+V”?

[MarkFitz]

Yes.

[chenj]

Can you share your files?

[pendean · Accepted solution]

Duplicates? Are you copy/pasting blocks that all have the same exact name in the other drawings, but they just look different? That is all you are describing, unless you are not noticing the commandline error messages when you CTRL+V or CtRL+C each time (expand the commandline to 4-6-10 lines high for a test and find out).

[MarkFitz]

Here's what the command prompt gives me

I'm using PDFIM to import PDFs, so it comes in as one big block.  I'm then copyclipping it into the main drawing so I can explode it and grab just the parts I need.  Do I need to wipe the clipboard memory inbetween, or is there something I'm missing, some other command I should be using?

[tboehler · Accepted solution]

Try exploding them (PDFimports) first and copying what you need to drawing 1.

[MarkFitz]

Evidently, I need to EXPLODE each drawing first, and then copyclip it over.  That worked!

Thanks for your insight and suggestions gentlemen!!

[MarkFitz]

Ahhh...    timing is everything!

[Kent1Cooper]

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@MarkFitz wrote:

Here's what the command prompt gives me

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I've always thought that warning is very badly worded.  It's not about a duplicate definition of a Block, but rather a duplicate name of a Block, between one already in the drawing and one being brought in, whether or not the brought-in definition is a duplicate of the already-existing one.  What it really should say is something more like:  "Definition of Block [xyz] from other source (if it's any different) ignored, because there's already a definition for that Block name in this drawing, which is the one that will be used."

[MarkFitz]

There you go, making sense again, Kent...