Pasting blocks

[Imui]

Hello,

Pasting a block to 0,0 seems to be difficult.

Is this a program limitation?

[pendean]

Which 0,0 are you aiming for? There is absolute, then there is relative: if you are just typing 0,0 you are probably not getting the one you want since the file is not set to do what you want.

I suspect you want ABSOLUTE: to ensure you always get that, you best get in the habit of telling AutoCAD exactly what you want all the time by typing this at the commandline

#0,0,0

Now you never EVER have to worry about what the file settings are, and you become a power-user in the process.

PS: for relative coordinates, you use the @ symbol instead of the # symbol.

[Imui]

Thanks for the quick reply.

I thought that 0 means 0, not 0.0000something

Is my file or autocad (lt 2016) set up "wrong"?

PS. i cannot paste anything to #0,0,0

[pendean]

Can you post your file and walk me through your exact process and need so I can replicate?

[Imui]

Hello

Thank you for making me stop and think.

The "problem" occurs for blocks created by right click drag.

I think you (and others) should be able to replicate on any dwg. if not, here is mine.

[pendean]

Are you defining the insertion point of the block? Blocks insert at that point, if you let AutoCAD decide that for you it's probably a few hundred/thousand/million inches or miles away.

[Imui]

After creating the block i edit it so that the lower left corner goes to 0,0.

As you can also see in the video

But, again, my problem is that the block needs to paste exactly to the desired point. Not paste it somewhere else and then move it where it needs to be, in order to get "perfect" precision.

[pendean]

And where is 0,0 compared to your block? And why are you assuming copyclip (CTRL+C) is using that point?

For precision you need to use the correct precision tools: generic copy/paste ain't it. You need to use COPYBASE command (or CTRL+SHIFT+C) to clip: this forces you to select the exact insertion point as you copy the object. Then you can PASTECLIP command (or CTRL+V) or PASTEBLOCK command (or CTRL+SHIFT+V) to the spot your desire at the destination.

[Imui]

0,0 is at the lower left corner.

I assume that because if you copy anything with CTRL+C and then paste it with CTRL+V, the insertion point will be the lower left corner of the geometry.

In this case the corner of the rectangle.

Were you able to replicate the what I've described in post #5?

[pendean]

That is incorrect information you have: coincidence may have played a part in your observations. It is always lower-left corner of whatever object in your copy items that determines that point, it may be close to the objects, it may be very far away.

COPYBASE (CTRL+SHIFT+C) is the only precision copy to clipboard option you need to use if you absolutely must control the insertion point when pasting.

[Imui]

That is correct .

If CTRL+C a circle, the insert point will be  the lower-left corner of the entire copied geometry (not on the circle).

But, were you able to replicate the what I've described in post #5?