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Pele

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I inadvertantly started working on the wrong file to pick up on a project that has been on hold for 3 months. So I have a new file that I want to keep but there are floor layouts with the same model geometry but with text & dimensions that I need to carry on in the new file. How do I grab all the text or dimensions from a file & paste it into another. Is it just copy & paste, ctrl c to ctrl v ??

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 "Is it just copy & paste, ctrl c to ctrl v ??" Did you try this? What happens when you do?  If everthing is the same the dimensions will copy without a problem, it there is a difference you can't copy the dimension.  The text is just annotation so that will copy wherever you want it.

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If the files are not the same model elements then dimensions and tags will not copy/paste.   All other annotative elements will.

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Thanks.

Yes I was able to copy paste the text, but for some reason it came through rotated 90deg out. The two models are the same rotation. I was able to copy the dimensions as well, a few did not copy (only 3 out of 50). 

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