Copy between open files
In 9.3.9 copying directly between open files doesn't work ... any solution?
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Do you mean the command copy ? Indeed, in older versions this used to work from one open drawing to another one, but we can no longer support this in a reliable way. Commands are supposed to run in one dwg.
You should be able to copy to the clipboard and paste in another dwg. (commands copyclip, pasteclip, or Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V). If that doesn't work, please file a support request so we can investigate it and make sure it works.
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To copy between drawings you have three options now:
Compose your selection set then:
1. Press Ctrl C, go to the target drawing, then press Ctrl V, the selection set is attached to the cursor and the insertion point is the bottom left corner of the bounding box of the selections set. Click to place the selection in the target drawing.
2. Press Ctrl C, go to the target drawing, then press Ctrl V and press Enter to paste the selection at the coordinates of the source drawing.
3. Press Ctrl Shift C (copybase) - you are prompted to select a base point - enter a base point, go to the target drawing, then press Ctrl V; the selection set is attached to the cursor at the base point. Click to place the selection in the target drawing.
To paste the selection as a block in procedures (1) and (3) press Ctrl Shift V (pasteblock) instead of Ctrl V (paste).
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The adicional older way to copy was one of the best functions in bricscad. We consider a great loss the elimination of this function, but...
The other way's to copy works fine, but they aren't the same thing .
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The older method was easier. I wasn't aware of this change until today really. Maybe they'll fix it on the next release, though it's not that big of an issue with me.
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I started another thread on this without realising this one was going.
Just wanted to add that this seems like a step backward to me. Copying from a common base point is something I do regularly and the new way is a bit of a PITA. Twice as many keystrokes.
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I agree the Copy command procedure was easier. However, as already explained by Pieter Clarysse (reply of 2009-08-04 15:25) commands should run in one dwg only. Commands which start in one drawing and conclude in another is not good practice and can lead to unexpected failure.
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I guess the replacement for Move between drawings then, is Ctrl+Shft+X.... Ctrl Shift V? or Ctrl V perhaps.
After dwg compatibility then lisp. MDI and copy between files were what attracted me to Icad98, the latter being a step ahead of Acad at the time. I still use it daily.
Are you saying it's a practice which was (in its original form) a mistake? I have never had trouble with it personally.
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John, I may have missed something... have you found something easy that works for a move with base point between drawings?
Thanks
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Copying between drawings worked of for me too unless it involved a acadr13 file, in which case it would crash. Usually what happens with me is you copy a detail from the acad file into a new Bricscad dwg and then try to close the former it would crash. Probably should have reported it but I figured this was mainly an acad glitch and as long as I saved the new dwg before closing the
old all was fine. At any rate using copyclip with base point option works fine, it's just takes a little getting used to that's all.
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Please notice 'Copy with base point' is added to the default right click shortcut menu in the latest version.
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For two-handed drafting, it really helps to have Cut, Copy, and Paste assigned to function keys. It's useful in all Windows apps, not just BC. In BC I use the clipboard to move or copy things to a distant location or to another tab in the same file, just as I would in Atlantis or Photoshop or Windows Explorer.
Usually when I'm copying between files to a predetermined position it's to a similar or related file, and I want it pasted at the same coordinates as the original. So I just hit Enter after Paste. But people who use CopyBase frequently could assign that to a function key instead of CopyClip.0 -
Before removing the cross-drawing feature from command COPY We 've put considerable work in clipboard operations to make sure that copying between drawings remained simple. The command COPYBASE was introduced in the process, and we are preparing command PASTEORIG was well.
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