# Copy from one drawing to another drawing

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560>\
**Category:** Pro\
**Created:** [September 13, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560 "2023-09-13T20:14:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![lcb11211](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lcb11211](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lcb11211)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560/1 "2023-09-13T20:14:54Z")

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With the new version 23.1.319 SketchUp Pro I can no longer copy from one drawing to another drawing.

I used to be able to select an object, type ctrl-c, and then paste that selection into the new drawing. This no longer works. I’m using

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**Author:** ![endlessfix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/endlessfix/32/148757_2.png) [@endlessfix](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/endlessfix)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560/2 "2023-09-13T20:16:40Z")

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Copy and paste between open files is broken in 2023.1 for Windows, it is a bug. There is a temporary solution which will restore the capability for that session which is to copy anything in the second instance. The directions are in this post.

> [@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:** ![lcb11211](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lcb11211](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/lcb11211)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560/3 "2023-09-13T20:25:32Z")

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Great! Thank you, that works for me.

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**Author:** ![Vincent-obM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Vincent-obM](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/Vincent-obM)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-from-one-drawing-to-another-drawing/241560/4 "2023-09-27T09:45:22Z")

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I had the same Issue, this works for me too. Thanks!