Duplicate Layout Block
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- ryancousins
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Duplicate Layout Block
I would find it very helpful to be able to duplicate a layout block. Often times I need several copies of a particular layout in paper space except with minor changes on each page. Duplicating and then making the changes would be a lot easier than creating a new blank layout page and then rebuilding it. Is this something that would be useful to others and reasonably easy to implement?
Re: Duplicate Layout Block
Yes, I would like to have a "Duplicate Layout Block" too.ryancousins wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:15 pmDuplicating and then making the changes would be a lot easier ...
Right now a "creating a new Layout Block" + Copy and Paste the content of an existing Layout Block will do the trick but it would be so much nicer if we just could use a (right click?) duplicate functionality.ryancousins wrote: ↑Fri Oct 15, 2021 3:15 pm... than creating a new blank layout page and then rebuilding it.
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Re: Duplicate Layout Block
I would be okay with the copy/paste method except that I don't know of a way to snap to the edges or center of the paper or something similar, so it takes a little bit of work to make sure everything is placed in the correct place on the new layout page(s). Sometimes the "Autofit drawing to pages" will do the trick but in other situations that won't work.
I suppose if I were mindful of the X,Y position of the paper I could use that, too. But I think in the end a dedicated option to just duplicate would be great.
I suppose if I were mindful of the X,Y position of the paper I could use that, too. But I think in the end a dedicated option to just duplicate would be great.
Re: Duplicate Layout Block
Yep - work with absolute zero - easy thing to do.ryancousins wrote: ↑Sat Oct 16, 2021 5:29 pmI suppose if I were mindful of the X,Y position of the paper I could use that, too.
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Create a new Layout Block,
Source Layout: Edit Block, Select all, "Copy with Reference" to clipboard, Reference absolute 0,0
Target Layout: Edit mode, Paste, Reference absolute 0,0
Make sure the source and target layout has no locked or frozen layer and are using the same scale - ordinarily 1:1
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Re: Duplicate Layout Block
That's a good method. I'm so used to the move/copy command that I usually forget about copy with reference.Husky wrote: ↑Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:06 am
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Create a new Layout Block,
Source Layout: Edit Block, Select all, "Copy with Reference" to clipboard, Reference absolute 0,0
Target Layout: Edit mode, Paste, Reference absolute 0,0
Make sure the source and target layout has no locked or frozen layer and are using the same scale - ordinarily 1:1