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