Using PowerCopy with an Annotation Set

You can select powercopy to copy an annotation set or an individual annotation from one product to another.

Before you begin: Create two separate products (A and B) containing a 3D part. Open an assembly with an annotation set.
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About Annotation Sets
  1. Open the Product A in 3D Tolerancing & Annotation and create an annotation text using the Text with Leader.
    The annotation text is added to the Product A and the Annotation Set is identified in the tree.

  2. To create powercopy of the annotation set:
    1. From the customized section of the action bar, click Power Copy.

      This command is not available by default. To add it to the action bar, select Me > Preferences > Customize > Commands, and drag and drop the command onto a section.

      The Powercopy Definition dialog box appears.
    2. In the tree, select an Annotation Set.
      Note: You can also select an individual annotation in the annotation set.

      The powercopy with annotations or annotation set will have their corresponding geometrical components as inputs.

    3. Click OK.
      The PowerCopy is identified in the tree under the PowerCopy category underneath Product A.
  3. Save the document to the database:
    1. Click Share > Save > Save with Options.
    2. Click OK.
  4. Open Product B.


  5. In Product B, create an instantiation of the powercopy from Product A:
    1. From the Compass, click Part Design.
    2. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Instantiate From Representation .
      The Object Selection dialog box appears.
    3. Select the representation of product A, and click OK.
      The Insert Object dialog box appears.
    4. In the 3D area, select the element to which you want to attach the annotation input.

      Note:

      If there are more than one annotation input, the OK in the dialog box remains unavailable until all annotation inputs have been attached.

    5. Click OK.
      The annotation is added (in this example, Annotation A) and identified in the tree under the Annotation Set category underneath Product B.