Copying to the Clipboard

Use the ClipboardCopy command to copy selected entities from the drawing onto the operating system clipboard. Use ClipboardCopy to copy entities from one drawing to other drawings.

From the clipboard, you can paste the entities into open drawings using the Paste and PasteAsBlock commands.

From the clipboard, you can paste the entities into open drawings using the Paste command.

The entities selected with ClipboardCopy remain on the clipboard until you place new entities on the clipboard.

  The Copy command copies entities in the drawing from a specified base point to target points within the drawing, but not to the clipboard.

To copy to the clipboard:

1. Click Edit > Copy (or type ClipboardCopy).
2. Type ClipboardCopy at the command prompt.
3. In the graphics area, select entities to copy.
4. Press Enter.

   The selected entities are added to the clipboard.

Access

Command: ClipboardCopy

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + C

Menu: Edit > Copy

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + C

Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + C

Keyboard Shortcut: Command + C