All about copy and paste commands of AutoCAD

When you copy data from drawing it is temporarily parked in the clipboard and when you paste that data then it is accessed from that clipboard.

This clipboard has several copy paste tools that you can use to copy and paste specific objects from your drawing.

In this article, I will explain some of these interesting AutoCAD copy paste features of clipboard.

COPYBASE

This command will let you select objects with a base point.

Type COPYBASE on the command line and press enter, then select the base point from the drawing area and select objects which you want to copy and press enter again.

When you paste the drawing AutoCAD will prompt you to specify point where you want to place the object, this helps in placing your drawing precisely.

You can use PASTECLIP to paste this drawing in the same drawing or in another drawing as well.

COPYCLIP

This command is also similar to COPYBASE but with the exception of the base point.

In this case, only objects will be copied to clipboard and command will not prompt you to specify any base point.

CUTCLIP

It will cut original drawing from it’s location and hence original drawing will be deleted and you can then paste this drawing from clipboard to any other location on same drawing or another drawing as well.

PASTECLIP

This is the obvious paste command for AutoCAD.

This command will paste clipboard object in currently opened drawing you can use this command to paste drawing objects in multiple drawings as well.