Creating an Engineering Template Using the Duplicate Feature

You can create an engineering template using Add Selected Components to Components to Duplicate. By selecting components to duplicate, you can create new ones faster by reusing existing information.

Before you begin:
Important: You must be granted deletion rights on the objects you created for your templates to function correctly.
Import and open the 3dxml file for which you want to create a new engineering template.
  1. From the Compass, click 3D Modeling Apps and select Engineering Templates.
  2. Enter the name of the template and click OK.
  3. In the Components tab, click Add reference.
  4. Enter a search string and click Search to search for the product.
  5. From the list, select the desired product and click OK.
  6. In the Unchanged Components section, select your assembly and click the up arrow.
  7. In the Components tab, click Add reference....
  8. From the list, select the reference you want and click OK.
  9. Click the Inputs tab and click Add.
  10. Click a component in the tree and select the inputs in the Select inputs dialog box.
  11. Save your template.

 

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