“””””” It doesn't appear to be of much use when the file contains dozens of objects, as do my metric fastener files.””””””

For the file with “multiple objects”, open that file in its own window along with the working file, then use “copy with origin” and “paste part”…

either by right-clicking on the Copy button, or by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+C

either by right-clicking on the Paste button, or by the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V

Thanks BurrMan! I didn't know that.

Thanks much.

I have never seen that mentioned before.

I will give it a try.

Frederick

Hi Peer,

re:
> Is there a way to copy an object from one window and paste it at the cplane origin in
> another window? The default behavior is to paste at world origin.

It looks like you've already got the answer from Burr, but just to be sure - yes you can do that by using the PastePart command instead of regular Paste.

In your source window if you have a cplane set up at the object's base position you can use regular copy (Ctrl+C on windows/Cmd+C on mac) in the source window, and then in the target window use PastePart (Ctrl+Shift+V on Windows/Cmd+Shift+V on Mac) (or also right click on Edit > Paste button) instead of regular Paste.

With PastePart you will then be in the orientation picker just like the ImportPart command, you can type 0 <enter> to pick the target location at the cplane origin.

If you do not already have the cplane set in your source window you can use CopyClipboardWithOrigin (Ctrl+Shift+C on windows/Cmd+Shift+C on mac) (or right click on Edit > Copy button) instead of regular copy which will let you pick a point to use as the copied part's base position instead of using the current cplane origin.

- Michael

Wow Michael thanks for schooling my on these additional nuggets! I didn't know about 0 in the xyz box specifying the cplane origin or that regular copy is aware of the cplane origin. You got me to go back to the documentation and learn a few other things about the xyz box.

- Peer