Michael’s Corner

Michael's Corner is a monthly publication written by Michael E. Beall, Autodesk Authorized Author and peripatetic AutoCAD trainer. Michael travels all over the USA, bringing his fantastic experience and great understanding of AutoCAD to his clients. Michael's Corner brings together many of the tips, tricks and methods developed during these training sessions for the benefit of all users.

Michael's Corner provides something for every AutoCAD user. Every month, a number of articles cover a wide range of topics, suitable for users at all levels, including "The Basics" for those just starting out. Essentially, the aim of Michael's Corner is to help all AutoCAD users work smarter and faster.

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From the Vault

Originally published March 2008

Tile Vertically

When you have objects in drawing A that you would like to get into drawing B, there are a number of ways by which you can accomplish that, but one of the really fun ways is to just drag 'em.

A few months back (September 2007, Power Tool) I covered how to copy objects from one drawing to another using Copy with Basepoint, but the method illustrated this month can be used if you just need to get the objects into the other drawing quickly and easily.

Note: The following procedure will only work if you have NOT minimized a drawing. If you want to cycle between open drawings, use Ctrl + Tab. This retains their maximized condition which will enables the drawing to be tiled.

Instructions to Drag Objects between Tiled Drawings

1. Open one of your drawings, then open a new, blank drawing.
2. Click WindowTile Vertically. This will split the drawing environment to display the two drawings.
3. Select some objects in your drawing. If you have selected less than 100 objects, you will see their grips (see OptionsSelection under Grips).
4. To drag the selected objects into the other drawing, click on a highlighted line of the selected objects (NOT in a grip), then drag it into the other drawing, and release.

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