COPYBASE — Copy with Base Point

Copies the selection to the clipboard with a specified base point.

• Command: COPYBASE · Global name: _COPYBASE · Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+C
• Ribbon: Home › Clipboard
• Menu: Edit

Copies the selected objects to the clipboard with the base point you specify. When pasting with PASTECLIP, that point goes exactly to the insertion point, so the copy can be placed precisely.

Usage

1. Press Ctrl+Shift+C or enter COPYBASE.
2. Select the objects and press Enter.

Select objects:

3. Specify the base point, usually with an object snap (a corner, a center…).

Specify base point:

4. The command line says how many objects were copied.

Notes

• As with COPYCLIP, the layers, styles and blocks the objects use are copied too, and the copy can be pasted into any open drawing.
• The drawing does not change.

See also

COPYCLIP · PASTECLIP · PASTEBLOCK · Object snaps and precision