Inserting a Duplicate of an Existing Representation

In a product or 3D part, you can insert a copy of an existing representation. These commands create both an instance and a duplicated reference. The reusable or nonreusable status of the representation is also duplicated.

These commands are available for drawing, markup, and 3D shape representations. More precisely, you can insert:

  • In a product: the duplicate of a drawing, markup, 3D Shape
  • In a part: the duplicate of a drawing, markup.

Before you begin: By default, this command is not displayed. To display this command, select the Insert Duplication of Existing Product option in Me > Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Product Structure Design.
  1. Select a root product or 3D part.

    Tip: You can also multiselect objects to apply these commands to this selection.

  2. From the Product Modification section of the action bar, select one of the following commands:
    • Duplicate and Insert Existing Representation : To duplicate a representation (drawing, 3D Shape) and aggregate it to the selected product or 3D part. The duplicated representation is created in session.
    • Duplicate and Insert as Reusable Representation : To duplicate the reference and create a reusable instance in session.

    Important:
    • This command is available on nonreusable representations only.
    • This command does not duplicate a representation if it is already in the target 3D part.
    • Reference-reference links are rerouted. To manually reconnect other links, use Links and Relations . .

  3. Select the object to be duplicated in the tree, in the 3D area, or in the Search Results panel.
    A duplicate of the selected object is inserted under the product or 3D part.

 

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