Do you need to copy objects within a rectangle, circle or polygon boundary like below?
Normally, I would recommend you to optimize AutoCAD layout. You can show a part of your drawing by creating viewport. However, we do need to do this once in a while.
We can copy it and trim the objects that extend the boundary later. But it can take too much time. Especially if you have so many objects like above.
A quick way to do it
This is a tip I found in CAD tutor forum by SLW210.
Export your layout
You can create a viewport in a layout that shows area you want to copy and trim away from your drawing.
Remember to set viewport scale to whatever you need. If you set it to 1:1 (full scale) then you will have the same size drawing. It doesn’t matter if your viewport boundary is too large for your sheet size. We won’t use it anyway.
After you have done, you can type EXPORTLAYOUT then [enter]. Remember, you have to do this in your layout.
Now you can save your layout as another drawing. You will have your drawing in model space there.
Copy it back to your original drawing
If you need to have that part of drawing in your original drawing, you have an extra work. You must copy that drawing and paste it to your original drawing.
Open exported file. Select all objects (or entities) you want to copy. Type COPYCLIP then [enter] (or press ctrl+C).
Open your original file. Type PASTECLIP (or press ctrl +V) to paste it to your original drawing.
It’s not perfect, but it does the job
I have to admit that this is not as easy as I expected. I wish AutoCAD has a tool that can do this directly.
For a simple drawing, probably this method is not effective. But for a very complex drawing, I prefer to use this method than manually trim and delete objects outside my boundary.
How about you, do you have a better method to do it?
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Arc Draws an arc of any size
Area Calculates the area of a polygon, pline, circle, or defined points along a boundary
Array Copies selected objects in a circular, or rectangular pattern
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Bhatch Fills a defined boundary with a hatch pattern
Blipmode Turns blip markers on and off
Block Makes a single unit object from selected individual objects
Block Definition All the individual objects that make up a named block
Block Reference An image of a block definition that is inserted into a drawing
Bmake Uses a dialog box to define a block
Boundary Creates a polyline of a closed area
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Chamfer Creates a chamfered corner at the intersection of two selected lines
Circle Draws a circle of any size
Copy Makes one or more copies of selected objects
Copyclip Copies selected objects to the Windows clipboard
“DD” The DD before a command stand for “Dynamic Dialog” box
Ddatte Edits attributes via a dialog box
Ddedit (Edit) Edit text and attributes via a dialog box
Ddgrips (Grips) Allows you to enable grips and edit properties of objects
Ddim (Dim) Dialog that controls dimension settings
Ddinsert (Insert) Places blocks in the drawing via a dialog box
Ddunits (Units) Sets the drawing units for measurement
Dimstyle Creates named dimension styles to control the settings and looks of dimensions
Dist Determines the distance and angle between two points
Divide Places markers along selected objects dividing them into equal parts
Dtext Enters single line text
Erase Deletes objects from the drawing
Explode Changes a block or a polyline back to individual objects
Extend Extends a line or arc to meet another object
Fillet Constructs an arc between to lines
Grid Displays a grid of dots that can be used to snap to and design with
Id Displays the coordinates of a point selected on the drawing
Isoplane Changes the direction of the isometric crosshairs, Left, Top, Right
Layer Creates drawing layers for colors and linetypes
Lengthen Lengthens or shortens an object
Limits Defines the lower left corner and the upper right corner of a drawing area
Line Draws straight lines of any length
Linetype Defines, loads, and sets the linetype
List Provides database information of selected objects
Ltscale Linetype Scale, controls linetype sizes within a drawing
Mirror Creates a symmetrical reflected object from the original selected objects
Move Moves selected objects to another location in the drawing
Mtext Creates paragraph text
Mview Creates paperspace viewports
Offset Creates parallel copies of lines, arcs, and circles
Oops Recalls the last set of objects that were erased
Open Opens an existing drawing
Ortho Restricts the cursor to horizontal, or vertical use
Osnap Allows for selection of precise points on selected objects
‘Pan Moves the display window
Pedit Permits editing of 2D polylines
Pline Draws 2D polylines
Polygon Creates regular polygons with a specified number of sides (3 to 1024)
Preferences Customizes the AutoCAD settings
Purge Removes unused items from a drawing
Qsave Saves the drawing without requesting the file name
Recover Attempts to recover damaged, or corrupted drawings
Rectang Draws a rectangular polyline
Redo Reverses the previous command if it was an undo
Redraw Refreshes the screen pixels in the drawing window
Regen Regenerates the current viewport
Redo Reverses the previous undo command
Rotate Rotates selected objects to angle specified
Save Saves the current drawing to hard drive
Saveas Allows you to save the current drawing under a new name
Autocad Trim Fence Command
Scale Changes the size of objects to the selected scale factor
Scale Factor The scaling up or down of an AutoCAD drawing to fit a certain size paper when plotted
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Snap Allows you to snap to precise points along a grid
Spell Checks the spelling in a drawing
Style Names and formats text for font, size, obliquing, etc
Toolbar Customizes, hides and displays toolbars
Transparent Allows display and settings commands to be executed without canceling the current command. If a command is preceded by an apostrophe ( ‘ ) the command will done transparently
Trim Deletes portions of selected objects that cross a selected cutting edge
U Reverses the effect of the previous command
Undo Same as the U command but with more options
UCS Defines or modifies the current User Coordinate System
Ucsicon Controls the visibility and placement of the ucsicon
Wblock Creates a separate new drawing from selected blocks or objects
Windows Temporary memory where objects can Clipboard be copied to, so they may pasted into another file (copying from one file to another)
Xref External Reference, allows you to work with other AutoCAD drawings without adding them permanently to your current drawing
‘Zoom Enlarges or reduces the display area of a drawing