About Copying Properties

The property mapping refers to the possibilities of copying properties from one object to be applied to other object. This helps in reusing the properties defined to one structural element. The following table shows an overview about the properties that to be copied from one object to another.

Tip: Press the Shift key and select the structural object to copy multiple properties.


Object Providing	Property		Object Receiving
	With Geometry tab active	With Material and Orientation tab active
Panel	The following properties are copied: Category Support Support Offset Limits Material and Thickness Orientation Side Thickness Offset mode Thickness Offset	The following properties are copied: Material and Thickness Orientation Side Thickness Offset mode Thickness Offset	Panel
Stiffener	The following properties are copied: Category Plate Support Support Offset Limits Angle Mode Material and Section Plate Side Section orientation Anchor point Thickness Offset	The following properties are copied: Material and Section Plate Side Section orientation Anchor point Thickness Offset	Stiffener
Panel Stiffener Support	Support		Stiffener
Stiffener on Free Edge	The following properties are copied: Category Plate Support Support Offset Limits Angle Material and Section Plate Side Section orientation Anchor point Anchor point Offset	The following properties are copied: Material and Section Plate Side Section orientation Anchor point Anchor point Offset	Stiffener on Free Edge
Beam	All properties according to each beam type	The following properties are copied: Material and Section Plate Side Section orientation Anchor point Angle Offset U Offset V	Beam
Panel Stiffener Support	Transversal		Beam
Panel Stiffener Support	Longitudinal		Beam

For the Opening command, the following properties are copied:


Object Providing	Property	Object Receiving
Opening/Standard Opening	The following properties are copied: Category Applied to Support and Direction Extrusion Mode ( Limit1 & Limit 2 ) Type Position parameters Contour parameters	Opening/Standard Opening
Opening/Standard Opening	The following position properties are copied: Position parameters Angle	Opening/Standard Opening
Opening/Standard Opening	The following contour properties are copied: Contour parameters Type	Opening/Standard Opening