Insertion point WTF

[Anonymous]

I have made a block using a visibility parameter.

Everything is on 0,0 coordinates, the block basepoint also.

When i ctrl+c ctrl+v the object, the insertion point is wrong. I want it to be in the middle of the block!

Can anyone solve this?

[GeeHaa]

Try CTRL+ SHIFT + C and give it a basepoint

[Anonymous]

Yeah but i dont want to.

I want autocad to work normally.

[Libbya]

I'm not sure what issue you are talking about.  The insertion point and origin are at the center of the block.  You have the visibility grip placed a little askew from the middle of the block.  Is the issue that both grips appear because they should when the visibility grip is not placed exactly on the origin.  If you want only the visibility grip to show then move it to 0,0.

[Libbya]

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@GeeHaa wrote:

Try CTRL+ SHIFT + C and give it a basepoint

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That is BAD advice!  The basepoint parameter should only ever be placed at 0,0 and all linework/objects adjusted accordingly!

[pendean · Accepted solution]

You do know that copy/paste functions totally ignore a bock's defined insertion point, right? It's been that way forever in AutoCAD, it defaults to the farthest lower-left corner of all objects it detects. Perhaps not in what other program you used to use?

If you want the block's insertion point to apply, use INSERT command or ADDSELECTED command or TPs or ADCENTER to bring in those blocks.
If you want to copy/paste, use COPYBASE command (CTRL+ SHIFT + C) and actively select an insertion point first.

HTH

[Anonymous]

Libbya

Thanks, but try to copy and paste the object. It will give the object float above the crosshair. There is no problem with insert as a block, only when you ctrl+c and ctrl+v the object.

[Libbya · Accepted solution]

Again, I'm not sure what issue you are talking about.  If you use control+c to copy a set of objects, the insertion point used is always the bottom left point of the window that would surround all objects.  That has nothing at all to do with blocks or insertion points, that is a function of control+c.

If you want to copy with a different base point, then use control+shift+c.  It will then prompt you for the base point location of the copyclip.  

[Anonymous]

Ok thank you, i've got it now.

[Libbya]

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@Libbya wrote:

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@GeeHaa wrote:

Try CTRL+ SHIFT + C and give it a basepoint

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That is BAD advice!  The basepoint parameter should only ever be placed at 0,0 and all linework/objects adjusted accordingly!

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My post here was a mistake caused by me being mindless and misinterpreting GeeHaa's post.  I did a quick glance and interpreted their post as recommending adding a base point parameter to the block at a different location.  GeeHaa was correct.  Using control+shift+C in order to give the COPYCLIP a different base point is the correct action.