"Copy from active" doesn't work as expected

Question

I am trying to apply Physics effects to cubes I have created by using the "copy from Active" command.

So this cube has Collision, Soft Body and Rigid Body settings:

I selected my target objects (all the cubes except the ones on the front row) with Border Select (B) in Object Mode, then my source object via (Shift+LMB):

Then "copy from active":

And then I think it doesn't work, because when I click on just one of these cubes, they only have Rigid Body enabled, not Collision or Soft Body:

And indeed, they behave very differently than the front row:

So, I'm trying to understand why "Copy from Active" didn't copy everything from active - if that's normal or if I did something wrong.

Answer 1

The command Copy from Active belongs to the Rigid Body Tools panel, which is a subcategory of the Physics Tab:

As stated by the Hint, Copy from active is just referring to the

Rigid Body settings

and not to the whole physics settings. Rigid body physics is treated in a different way.

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You can copy the other physics settings from the active object of the selection by Making Links (Ctrl+L) and choosing the Modifiers option.

Answer 2

in Blender 2.8 you need to select all the cubes, shift select the cube with the Rigid Body physics, select in Object Mode: Object/Rigid Body/Copy from Active.

With all cubes selected, then select: Object/Set Origin/Origin to Geometry