Thanks for the reply. However, I have found that Bricscad 8.1.14 does what I want with a minimum of relearning from an earlier version I was using. They have maintained a simple cut/paste operation that requires only the enter key as the response to the insert-point request during the paste. Thus I ...

John, Thanks for the quick response. I gave this a try and got the polyline copied. However, when I did the paste from the menu or _PASTECLIP from the command line, IntelliCAD gets all confused. It goes into an endless loop of : Unable to recognize command. Please try again. :_PASTECLIP : other stuf...

I am evaluating CMS IntelliCAD 6.4 Standard Edition Demo 6.4.23.1 to possibly replace my much older versions of IntelliCAD from a different vendor. However, I have encounterd a major usage problem of copy and paste between drawings. The behavior is pervasive and afflicts CAD software based on Intell...