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    • R Offline
      rhankc
      last edited by

      When you copy to clipboard, Is there a method to control the handle of the object when paste is selected in another file? It doesn't seem to have a consistent or even predictable reference location.
      Thanks

      Hank

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      • boofredlayB Offline
        boofredlay
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        There is not a "copy with base point" that I am aware of. Maybe there is a Ruby out there??? If not this would be one for the wishlist.

        http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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        • boofredlayB Offline
          boofredlay
          last edited by

          James I think he means to paste it by a specific point on what was copied to the clipboard. I.E. a copy with base point command.
          Am I correct rhankc?

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            rhankc
            last edited by

            @unknownuser said:

            pasting in a specific spot in another file

            @unknownuser said:

            paste in place

              The in should be an and... LOL. what is that a preposition replaced  by a conjunction?
            

            I would like to be able to control where the handle is when you bring it into another file; the object always has to be placed, then grabbed again with the move tool, or sometimes even rotated before the final move.

            A ruby would be good...but if the rubsters could do that, I would like to have a key toggle where you can rotate the object to correct orientation before placing it the first time. Like the bracket toggle on cad.

            Hank

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              rhankc
              last edited by

              Killing myself with the grammar here.

              The copy command works fine, copy provides a method to get control.
              Paste from file to file is another situation. Even in the school tutorials the tutor has to place it rotate and move.

              SU is far too powerful a tool, and I just think they haven't gotten around to perfecting it yet.

              Hank

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              • KrisidiousK Offline
                Krisidious
                last edited by

                this is a Autocad born user issue... I had this problem when I came into sketchup...

                I still to this day, paste things into SU and then move and rotate them...

                you can move the base point in each component, or actually move the model around the basepoint. and there is the options in the component dialong box as to assign "glue to"

                but I guess I'm lazy... cuz I still have this issue...

                By: Kristoff Rand
                Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                • T Offline
                  tomsdesk
                  last edited by

                  EDIT: (wrong answer replaced, sorry :~l)

                  The control point of the copied/pasted item(s) is the origin of all its stuff...the leftmost, frontmost, bottom.

                  Best, Tom.

                  http://www.tomsdesk.moonfruit.com/
                  2.5D Trees & Shrubs!

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