Paste objects no where near cursor

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

Apparently my hands type commands and hit buttons subconsciously because I am getting sick and tired of having to figure out issues that just randomly pop up out of nowhere. 

I was able to copy and paste perfectly find with CTRL + C, CTRL + V. Now all of the sudden when I use CTRL + V, the object I copied is light years away from my cursor. Can someone please explain to me how to change this back? I do not want to use CTRL + SHIFT + C because 9 times out of 10 I don't care where the base point is. 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Sandro

[cadffm]

By copy with ctrl+c or x
The basepoint is ever one the lowest left corner of a close ortho boundary of all selected items.

Upload a sample file, a new file where you pasted some objects to 0,0.
All items incl. nested items in blocks should appears on 0,0 more to x and more to y

Thaw and turn on all layers..

[gotphish001]

Autocad doesn't just magically do things on it's own although it does seem like it does some times. I'd guess you are coping and pasting a block that has it's insertion point way off like you mentioned. Autocad would count that point in the copy.

[Anonymous]

Nick, 

I agree that most of the time I have accidentally entered a command or hit a button somewhere although I have had my fair share of unexplained glitches.

I do not use blocks. This is happening with everything in this file. I can simply draw a line, copy and paste, and the line will be no where near my cursor. Usually when I use CTRL + V, it inserts the object at the lower left corner of the object. Now it seems to be using the origin of the drawing for its base point.

[Llam.Tech]

Usually, CNTL+ C/CNTL+V goes to where your object location goes from based on 0,0 coordinates. Now, if you CNTL+C your object on a location 1,23,456 / 9,876,546 and CNTL+V the object to -1,23,456 / -9,876,546 your current view. you are really out of space. However, try to use  CNTL+/SHT+C so, your object won't fly in space. It happens to me most of the times.

Let me know if this helps.

[Anonymous]

I find that really strange that you say that because I have been using Autocad day in and day out for years and Ctrl C, Ctrl V has ALWAYS inserted the object right at my cursor and NEVER from 0,0. It was working this way today and then poof, it changed, but only in this specific file. Other files I open work the way im used to.

There has to be some setting or button i accidentally pressed to change this. 

[ChicagoLooper]

Your copy command, CNTR+C, is not a appropriate for copying from one dwg to another. If you want to copy and paste from Drawing-A to Drawing-B you should use COPYBASE (this command is NOT available in the ribbon as indicated in image shown down below). This command requires you to pick a basepoint where such basepoint is

1. next to,
2. directly on, or
3. any arbitrary point which is NOT next to or directly on, such as 0,0.

When you PASTE your copybase entity in the destination drawing you will either right-mouse-click then pick your insertion point or type in (X,Y) coordinates of insertion on command line.

(This procedure is also available in SHORTCUT MENU: Select object=>right click to invoke shortcut menu=>Clipboard=>Copy with Base Point=>Select your Base Point.

To execute PASTE, go to destination drawing, RIGHT CLICK=>Paste=>Then click (or type in on cmd line) your insertion point OR you may select Paste to Original Coordinates.  

Enter COPYBASE on cmd line. Or you may right-click=>CNTR+Shift+CIf you use CNTR+C to copy instead of CNTR+Shift+C, then Cad will use 0,0 as your default Base Point. If your entity-to-be-copied is far away from 0,0 then so shall be your resulting paste-point--it shall be inserted far away as well.

[scottspeig]

This is not true for me.

Ctrl+C sets the basepoint to the bottom left corner of the objects selected.

I have just checked this in 2019 Architecture.

The only thing I can think of is there is a setting that sets this up which has changed on the OP computer, or the object selected has a point miles away (such as an ordinate dim)

[tboehler]

Hi,

Make sure Ctrl C is using "copyclip" and Ctrl V is using "Pasteclip"  (not Pasteorig).

When you type in pasteclip is the content at the cursor?

[Anonymous]

thank you scott, this is exactly what im talking about. I dont know how the setting are different from everybody else on here. 

tboehler, this sounds like it must be the problem. how exactly do you change that with keyboard commands?

[Anonymous]

nvm, just checked and the command bar shows pasteclip before i choose an insertion point...

[cadffm]

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@Anonymous schrieb:

nvm, just checked and the command bar shows pasteclip before i choose an insertion point...

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Thats not the question. Look to my first answer, that the true for you, for me and all other plain Acad users

and usual for all vertical products. So far the function works well.

(if you paste with ctrl+v and the inserted objects a right - only at a unwanted position to the cursor, it works well)

Upload a sample as I have suggested before, the we will help you for find the puzzle pieces.

[scottspeig]

I assume this happens with simple objects in new drawing files...

Check CUI commands

Copyclip (can be found when search for copy) macro should be ^C^C_copyclip

Paste macro should be ^C^C_pasteclip

Does it still happen if you paste as a block (Ctrl+Shift+V) ?

[scottspeig]

If you have access to another computer that works, try running the "setvar" command "?" Enter

This will display the system variables and see if there are any set differently...

And thats the end of my knowledge on this one...

[Anonymous]

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@scottspeigwrote:

I assume this happens with simple objects in new drawing files...

Check CUI commands

Copyclip (can be found when search for copy) macro should be ^C^C_copyclip

Paste macro should be ^C^C_pasteclip

Does it still happen if you paste as a block (Ctrl+Shift+V) ?

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This is only happening in the one drawing file. all new files and old files are working the way Im used to. This also has nothing to do with blocks because I can draw a simple line, copy and paste it, and its nowhere near my cursor. Yes the macros are as you described and yes it still happens with ctrl + shift + v

[cadffm]

Only one file

simple line

(and in your target file, that line paste in as a line and not as a blockreference?)

Thats informations we can work with it.

So save file as copy, Erase all except one item, save - close - re-open and try it again,

if the problem appears again, upload the file for us.

[Anonymous]

I have attached the file. This definitely has something to do with the UCS. I just realized that normally my ucs is a large white "L" shape with Y on top and X to the right, also a W in the corner.

The messed up file has a "L" except the Y and its leg are green, the X and its leg are red, and there is a blue Z now visible.

I am flipping through as many settings as I can when i right click it but nothing seems to work. 

[tboehler · Accepted solution]

Change the visual style to "2D wireframe"  not "wireframe"  that fixed it.

Upper left of screen in model space

[cadffm]

Please set shademode to 2dwireframe and try it again,

it is depend with the current model view, i am thinking.

[Anonymous]

Wow, thank you. What a joke. I cant believe it was so simple.

Want a real head scratcher? I never told anyone but I am actually using AutoCAD LT. I had to search how to change visual styles on google for LT and I learned you cant! 

I have the full version of AutoCAD, so i opened the file there, changed the visual style, saved as Autocad LT 2010, then reopened and it worked! So riddle me this, how the heck did I change it to screw it up in the first place?!

I've learned its best not to ask questions. Its fixed, ive won. Thanks!