AutoCAD 2D Transfer Information

I would check all of the layer control options to be sure that nothing has been accidentally turned off, frozen, locked, put on the defpoints layer, etc.

In layer manager I did a 'select all' then made sure everything was visible, unlocked & unfrozen. My current drawing still has all of the discrete layers but no drawing features.

Yes, there is a old program that use to come with AutoCAD, I thing you have to get it off the internet now.

It can grab selection sets, such as layers, blocks, colors line type, etc....

There are a number of ways of using it.

The program file is SSX.lsp you can load it, and initiate it,

• select the selection set,
• and hit return.
• you can list at the command line type 'List' hit return
• and type 'p' (for previous) This selects the previous selection set.

and shows what you selected.

Then you can block it off (or 'wblock' it, this will write it as a dwg file.

And insert it in the drawing.)

That's one way.

You can combine different selection set also. but this should get you going.

That programme is still available & looks like it will work but I have realised that there is an easy fix. With both drawings open on the same screen, I can turn on the layers one at a time. Then I can copy the features I want from the old drawing & 'paste to original coordinates' in the later drawing. A bit long winded as I have about 30 layers but it works.

what ever works for you

Hi There, Select what you want to copy, left click, clipboard-copy with base point, Open a new tab, then left click, clipboard- Paste to original coordinates.

Yes, that's what I eventually realised I could do & have now transferred all of the information across AND saved another back-up copy. I should have figured this out earlier but I'm hopelessly out of practice with the 2D drawing. Thanks for all the replies.