Hi All:
How do you copy elements from one .dgn file to another and keep the elements at the same x, y.
In AutoCad I would copy and paste at 0,0...but can't find the command in Microstation.
Thanks!
If you've ever tried to copy elements from an XREF in AutoCAD, you might think the process in MicroStation is fraught with peril, but MicroStation's Reference Files are far more flexible and friendly than AutoCAD.
The idea of attaching a reference file to copy a few elements from another file seems very foreign to an AutoCAD user, but long before either of these packages supported the Windows Clipboard, that was the only way to do this. In AutoCAD, you would have to WBLOCK out the elements and INSERT and EXPLODE to accomplish the same thing. And that left the DWG sitting somewhere on your drive.
With the MicroStation workflow, the preocess was simple and fast. And everyone used the XY, DX, DL keyins all of the time, so they were like second nature.
Charles (Chuck) Rheault CADD Manager
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caddcop: The idea of attaching a reference file to copy a few elements from another file seems very foreign to an AutoCAD user, but long before either of these packages supported the Windows Clipboard, that was the only way to do this. In AutoCAD, you would have to WBLOCK out the elements and INSERT and EXPLODE to accomplish the same thing. And that left the DWG sitting somewhere on your drive..
The idea of attaching a reference file to copy a few elements from another file seems very foreign to an AutoCAD user, but long before either of these packages supported the Windows Clipboard, that was the only way to do this. In AutoCAD, you would have to WBLOCK out the elements and INSERT and EXPLODE to accomplish the same thing. And that left the DWG sitting somewhere on your drive..
yes I remember when the windows clipboard command became available in AutoCAD, and it was just as you describe before the command was available
Not having any luck doing this from one sheet file to another.
Lucas you should open a new thread, asking what you trying to archive nowadays
since 2009 a lot of things have changed, both applications Microstation and AutoCAD supporting the clipboard to exchange data between opened cad files.
Regards
Frank
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