ACAD Copy Object in PIW

[tw_echo]

In plain AutoCAD you can perform 'Copy Object' by either selecting the objects first and then pressing the function or by executing 'Copy Object' and then select the objects. Upon doing so, you are then prompted for the point of displacement and then you can paste the object. You then have the ability to continue pasting the copied objects as many times as you wish until you exit the command.

My question is: Is this multiple paste command disabled in PIW as I can not perform it there? It seems to only allow one copy and paste at a time...I am missing some setting or something?

Thanks,
Tim

[Data Wrangler]

Yes.

I have always been told to NOT use the windows clipboard COPY...PASTE for intelligent objects as Bentley had not been able to customise Autocad to be able to trigger a database update as well. The native Autocad copy command has been modified so as to handle the intelligent part (for some objects!), but you are unable to use copy multiple.

You can type .copy at the command line (the period bypasses any customization of the command) to be able to copy multiple dumb objects (stuff like rev triangles), but be careful.

Derek

Does anyone else use smart vs. dumb to describe the objects on a P&ID, or is it just us here?

[tw_echo]

That was the answer that I was looking for...thanks Derek. We also do not use this copy command for intelligent objects, but users were trying to copy unintelligent objects in a PIW P&ID.

We also use the terms smart vs dumb, but we usually use intelligent vs. unintelligent.

Thanks,

Tim

[dave]

we use dumb vs. smart as well. Saves us a couple syllables B)

[tw_echo]

I am smart...S...M...R...T...

Couldn't resist quoting Homer on this one...

[dave]

mmmmm.....beeeeeer