#COPYCLIP AUTOCAD BASE POINT FULL#
#COPYCLIP AUTOCAD BASE POINT WINDOWS#

I was surprised to find a lot of AutoCAD users didn't realize this can permanently used the Vault ribbon tab or typed all their commands. You can check your files and its references or attachments In or Out from the Xref browser. The familiar AutoCAD External References palette mimics the Inventor Vault browser once you have logged into Vault within AutoCAD. The AutoCAD Vault Browser? What? yup, there is one. Somewhat harder prank: change plotstyle to plot all with dotted linetype. Įasy prank: draw a wipeout and hide frames. Here is a conversation I started on this topic, with quite a few nice suggestions from seasoned users. Little more sinister: UNDEFINE a few often used commands like move, copy etc. Go to Bob's machine and set MTJIGSTRING to 'Hi Bob!' That got a few good reactions. Shift + D (or Shift + L for the left-handers.) – Shaan HurleyĪllow you to edit an attribute (including multi-line attributes) in place.Ĭhange someone's MTJIGSTRING to say something weird. Use a temporary override to disable all snapping and object tracking.

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#COPYCLIP AUTOCAD BASE POINT WINDOWS#

(Precision lost depends on your Windows version, your MS Office version and applied MS Office Service Packs.Perhaps your favorite trick most AutoCAD users are not aware of is how easy it is to locate the middle of a rectangle or a location fast and accurately by using temporary tracking points and Object Snap Tracking (Otrack F11) and Object Snaps ( OSNAPS F3.)īut I know you have many tricks and tips you tell your fellow users or just have not shared but deep down you really want to, so in the spirit of sharing and making us all better AutoCAD users please share your tips with the fellow daily Between the Lines blog 20,000 readers. dwg (30kB, right-click/Save to download)Ĭopypaste.scr (script file demonstrating the problem use on an empty drawing)

#COPYCLIP AUTOCAD BASE POINT FULL#

The 'Copy with basepoint' function sets the exact coordinates and keeps full AutoCAD precision.Ĭlipboard-instable. Only the Copy/Paste method distorts the vertex coordinates, making 1000000. In the sample drawing below, the original (red) rectangle - was copied using Copy/Paste (Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V), then the _COPY command and then using _COPYBASE - Copy with basepoint (and then offset by to make it readable).

The differences in simply copied/pasted coordinates are on about the 9 th decimal place so it may not come into your attention immediately but the precision lost is significant (influences dims, osnaps, etc.). Windows Clipboard ( WMF) is intended for transferring data to/from other Windows applications. It is documented in AutoCAD Help (see 'Use Windows Cut, Copy, and Paste' in UG) but still many AutoCAD users 'misuse' this functionality - clipboard Copy/Paste is not suitable for copying entities from/to AutoCAD drawings, as you will loose precision (plus extended entity data, reactors, dbLinks, etc.). Beware of using Copy/Paste to copy AutoCAD entities inside drawings.

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