Copying Entities Between Drawings

Commands: COPYCLIP, COPYBASE, PASTECLIP, PASTEORIG and PASTEBLOCK

Entities can be copied between drawings in several ways:

• Copyclip and Pasteclip pastes the selection using a default base point.
• Copyclip and Pasteorig pastes the selection using the coordinates of the source drawing.
• Copybase and Pasteclip pastes the selection using a user-defined base point.
• Copybase and Pasteblock: pastes the selection as a block in the target drawing.

Copy Between Drawings

Using Copy and Paste to copy entities between drawings

1. In the source drawing, select the entities you want to Copy.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Right click, then choose Copy in the context menu.
4. Choose Copy in the Edit menu.
5. Press Ctrl + C (press and hold the Ctrl key, then press C).

The entities are copied to the Clipboard.

3. Switch to the target drawing.
4. Do one of the following:
5. Right click, then choose Paste in the context menu.
6. Choose Paste in the Edit menu.
7. Press Ctrl + V (press and hold the Ctrl key, then press V).

The bottom left corner of the bounding rectangle of the selection is attached to the cross hairs in the target drawing.

5. Do one of the following:
6. Specify the displacement point.
7. Press Enter to paste the selection set using the coordinates of the source drawing.

Using Copy and Pasteorig to copy entities between drawings

1. In the source drawing, select the entities you want to Copy.
2. Do one of the following:
3. Right click, then choose Copy in the context menu.
4. Choose Copy  in the Edit menu.
5. Press Ctrl + C (press and hold the Ctrl key, then press C).

The entities are copied to the Clipboard.

3. Switch to the target drawing.
4. Do one of the following:
5. Choose Paste to Original Coordinates in the Edit menu.
6. Type pasteorig in the command bar, then press Enter.

The selection is pasted using the coordinates of the source drawing.

Using Copybase and Paste to copy entities between drawings

1. In the source drawing do one of the following:
2. Choose Copy with Base Point in the Edit menu.
3. Type copybase in the command bar, then press Enter.
4. Press and hold the Ctrl en Shift keys, then press C.

You are prompted: Select base point:

2. Specify the base point (origin point).
   You are prompted: Select entities to copy to the clipboard:
3. Select the entities.
4. Press Enter to conclude the selection of entities.
5. Switch to the target drawing.
6. Do one of the following:
7. Choose Paste  in the Edit menu.
8. Press Ctrl + V (press and hold the Ctrl key, then press V).

The selection set is attached to the cursor.

You are prompted: Select insertion point:

7. Specify the insertion point to paste the selection set.
8. (option) Repeat step 7 to create more copies of the selection set.

Paste a selection as a block in the target drawing

1. In the source drawing do one of the following:
2. Choose Copy with Base Point in the Edit menu.
3. Type copybase in the command bar, then press Enter.
4. Press and hold the Ctrl en Shift keys, then press C.

You are prompted: Select base point:

2. Specify the base point (origin point).
   You are prompted: Select entities to copy to the clipboard:
3. Select the entities.
4. Press Enter to conclude the selection of entities.
5. Switch to the target drawing.
6. Do one of the following:
7. Choose Paste as Block in the Edit menu.
8. Type pasteblock in the command bar, then press Enter.
9. Press and hold the Ctrl and Shift keys, then press V.

The selection set is attached to the cursor.

The command window reads: Select insertion point.

6. Specify the insertion point.
   The selection is pasted as a block.
7. (option) Repeat steps 5 and 6 to paste another copy as a block.