Copy and paste in place doesn’t work! – Professional

I’m experiencing a really odd downside: copy/paste in place and minimize/paste in place don’t work! One of many easiest issues one can do in Sketchup and it isn’t working 90% of the time. All I get is the annoying error sound.

I believe there’s a downside with this file because it has been crashing so much.

My setup: Mac OS Excessive Sierra, Sketchup 19.2.

Any concepts?

How large is the factor you’re attempting to repeat or minimize? I’ve had instances the place it didn’t appear to be working however it’s as a result of what I used to be copying or slicing was large (a great deal of geometry) and it was simply taking a very long time to get it to the clipboard.

When do you hear the sound?

The scale doesn’t matter. The issue happens even when I’m copying a door or another small object.

When performing the paste or paste in place motion.

Have you ever tried copying the related components of your mannequin and pasting them right into a recent mannequin in an try and sidestep no matter is inflicting the issue.
You possibly can copy from Outliner if the whole lot is in teams and parts.

Is it regular on Mac to get an error sound for those who attempt to paste one thing unsupported, e.g. textual content? On Home windows you get no suggestions in such instances, like when there may be nothing within the clipboard. Additionally, within the Edit menu, is Paste enabled or grayed out? I’m pondering another program could put unsupported information within the clipboard.

I used to be eager about the identical. Unsupported information. On home windows, you may clear the system’s clipboard and also you now have the abilty to verify the settings on a number of copy performance (historical past clipboard). You too can clear the clipboard.

I used an app for a number of clippings on a Mac, however I can’t recall if that ever brought about issues in SketchUp. Nor have no idea methods to clear the contents of the clipboard

you do get a warning on a mac if the receiver can’t deal with a paste…

attempt pasting a gif into SU for instance…

each ⌘V [paste] and ⇧⌘V [paste in place] will lead to a system sound…

john

There isn’t any built-in command to clear the clipboard on Mac and the native clipboard holds solely the latest merchandise, not a stack or historical past. There are add-on functions that present a multi-level historical past, however I’ll assume @edson will not be utilizing any of them as he didn’t point out it.

@edson, does copy/minimize – paste work in different apps? Have you ever tried restarting the system (that clears and restarts the clipboard course of).

You possibly can see the present contents of the clipboard by way of the Finder menu Edit->Present Clipboard. It will open a window that tries to show the present contents. Sadly, its skill to current them is fairly restricted. What you see depends upon the kind of the contents. For a lot of sorts of proprietary contents (together with minimize/copy from SketchUp) the window is clean and says “Clipboard contents: unknown” in its backside border. So, exhibiting the contents will clear up the scenario provided that the contents are one thing that Finder acknowledges however SketchUp can’t settle for. Value a attempt, however not a excessive probability of giving a solution.

Thanks for all of the recommendations. Nonetheless, I can guarantee you that I’m attempting to repeat/paste solely regular geometry and never very heavy at that.

Paste doesn’t work for me too. I can paste to a brand new clean mannequin, however not my working mannequin.

Are you able to share the .skp file?

What model of SketchUp are you really utilizing? Your profile says you might be utilizing 2019 Make which doesn’t exist.

What occurs once you paste? Nothing occurs? Are the contents that you’re pasting tagged with a layer identify or tag identify, and is that layer to tag set to be invisible within the vacation spot mannequin?

If you choose uncooked geometry and duplicate and paste in place, the objects you paste will simply substitute your authentic choice.

The previous few days my laptop freezes up when I attempt to copy even small gadgets utilizing both the Ctl/Transfer or the copy/paste. All labored effective two weeks in the past. Is it Home windows, or Sketchup, or what?

Is that this in SketchUp 2019 as indicated by your profile? If that’s the case, that hasn’t modified in years so if that is new conduct, have a look at what has modified in your laptop. Share the .skp file so we are able to see what you’re working with. What are you attempting to repeat?

Hello, Dave
I used to be very fortunately shocked to listen to again concerning my downside. Crucial factor was discovering out from you that I used to be not one among hundreds with this downside, so I knew it was native. I cleaned up my arduous disc, after which realized that PC Matic does that each few days. So then I uninstalled Sketchup 2019, 20, 21, and 22, figuring that they is likely to be interfering by some means with 2023. That solved the issue, and now I can copy small and huge (like complete homes) with none issues. I did discover that my 2023 will not be Professional just like the others, however I’ll work out methods to repair that. I additionally needed to reinstall some extensions, however that wasn’t too dangerous. We’ll by no means know what the issue was, however being a pc improvement engineer in a previous life I’m not shocked. Generally computer systems simply go off into the weeds and may’t discover their approach again. Don’t let one drive your automotive.
Thanks once more,
John