Access and use the clipboard

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Clipboard tools can be used to share design content

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between drawings as well as between other document types.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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take advantage of clipboard functionality

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open the first floor plan drawing provided in the data set.

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The clipboard tools can be executed from the

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ribbons home tab on the clipboard panel.

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They can also be accessed from the right click

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menu as well as by using the familiar keyboard,

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shortcuts like control C or control V on the drawings.

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View tab,

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click the drop down on the named views panel and choose workspaces in cubicle 61 23

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select the desk configuration and press control C

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now press control V

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when attempting to place these objects that were in the clipboard.

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The first thing you notice is that the reference point, the base point

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is not ideal for placing this desk in the upper right corner,

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similar to the other cubicle configurations,

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we could paste the geometry and then use the move command to move it into position.

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It is possible. However, to change the base point

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while pasting objects from the clipboard type,

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the letter B and press enter autohead

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freezes the geometry and prompts us to choose a new base point,

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click the upright corner of the desk and then the paste command continues

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allowing us to place the desk more precisely.

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Alternatively,

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objects can be copied or cut to the clipboard

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with a desired base point assigned ahead of time,

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select the objects that were just pasted.

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And this time right, click,

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choose clipboard

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and choose

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copy with base point. Now the copy base command

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prompts us to pick a base point so that the

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objects in the clipboard already have the appropriate base point.

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Press control V and notice that the objects

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come in with the base point that we specified

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objects can also be copied or cut from one drawing and pasted

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into another drawing at the exact same coordinate location on the ribbons.

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Home tab, click the copy clip command on the clipboard panel,

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select all the cubicles and desks in this area

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and press enter.

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Now open the second floor plan drawing also provided in the data set

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in this drawing, right,

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click choose clipboard and choose paste to original coordinates.

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The objects are pasted on the second floor

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and aligned with where they were placed on the first floor plan.

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The clipboard can also be used to copy information from

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outside of AUTOCAD and place it in AUTOCAD as AUTOCAD objects

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also provided in the data set is a word document

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representing an email from a

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door manufacturer containing hardware specifications.

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Open the word doc

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and select the bulleted list of hardware specs,

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copy the text to the clipboard and switch back to AUTOCAD on the ribbons.

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Home tab, click the text button on the annotation panel.

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Place a window in the drawing,

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right, click and choose paste. Adjust the MT text window as needed

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and click outside the editor to complete the command

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by leveraging your system's clipboard functionality.

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Tedious tasks can be eliminated and design

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content and information can be easily shared within

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and between files of various types.