Problem with copy and pasting to new drawing

[xenmalan2]

I've been using AutoCAD for about a year or so now and feel pretty competent while using it but I've come across an issue that I haven't seen before:

I've received drawings from a client that was converted from a Revit file, he gave me 2 drawings on 2 separate dwg files and when i try and copy and paste one drawing to another it scrambles the drawing for some reason. I've tried creating a new file and new drawings but nothing seems to work, I've also noticed that if i copy and paste each drawing to different new drawings they copy fine but as soon as i try to bring them into the same drawing, the second drawing i copy scrambles 

By scrambles i mean that hatching and lines and text all seem to jumble around the drawing and occasionally there seems to be all new hatching on the drawing that wasn't even there before ???

I've even gone as far as trying it on a colleagues computer which is stronger than mine in-case it was a software issue but he came across with the same problem.

Please assist if you can or if you've come across the same problem

[imadHabash]

Hi,

try this :

• from a new empty drawing use RECOVER command for your received files . 
• then use AUDIT and Purge ( Regapps ) commands while opening files . 

if not fixed please try to share some of your files here ( if applicable )  for testing ?

[xenmalan2]

Hi, thanks for the the speedy reply.

I ended up exploding everything in the drawing and copying it over and it seemed to do the trick, i wasnt too worried about the hatching and blocks turning into a thousand line segments because I was going to delete it all off this layout anyways. 

Just a thanks again for the suggestion, I'll be sure to try that next time I come across the issue.

[ennujozlagam]

you can refer to this LINK and see if helps. thanks

[imadHabash]

Hi,

>> I ended up exploding everything in the drawing and copying it over and it seemed to do the trick

Wow    !!! i think that it's a matter of duplicating block names . maybe RENAME command will take a place in your issue . i don't imagine how  EXPLODING EVERYTHING  will make your file size and a lot of single CAD elements will set there !!!  

Generally .... Good Luck 

[Karol_Piroska]

generally that is what would many times happen as many items are in blocks. That's why you should use xrefs instead of inserting them if you can.