# Copy and paste from one model to another

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252>\
**Category:** Technical Problems\
**Tags:** advice\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252 "2023-09-11T16:23:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tom](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Tom)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252/1 "2023-09-11T16:23:25Z")

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How can I copy and paste from one model to another?

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**Author:** ![trav.m.taylor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@trav.m.taylor](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/trav.m.taylor)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252/2 "2023-09-11T16:25:40Z")

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should just be ctrl+c and ctrl+v but the version I had installed this morning (23.1.315) was not allowing you to copy/paste at all so it could be a version issue. Check what you have in Help\>About. I had to go back to 2022 because that build is wayyyy more stable.

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**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252/3 "2023-09-11T16:27:37Z")

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hi. couple of things.

please go introduce yourself in the introduction topic 🙂

top right of the screen is a search bar. this question has been asked several times these last few days.

> [@2023 Trays Freezing](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/2023-trays-freezing/240772/10):
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> If you have two versions of SketchUp open, or two instances of 2023.1, pasting into the second instance may not work at first. To work around that, do a Copy of anything in the second instance. That seems to wake up the clipboard, and you can now copy and paste from the first instance into the second instance. After having done one Copy action, copy and paste should work until you next restart SketchUp. I added this note, to say that the 2023.1.3 update fixed the problem with copy and paste.

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**Author:** ![DaveR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/daver/32/7601_2.png) [@DaveR](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DaveR)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252/4 "2023-09-11T16:28:42Z")

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Are you really using SketchUp for Schools which is web based or are you using SketchUp 2023 Pro?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-and-paste-from-one-model-to-another/241252/5 "2024-03-15T16:23:49Z")

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