This task shows you how to copy/paste elements such as Joint Elements, Joint Bodies, and Assembly Joints in different products.
Open the ProductA.CATProduct and the ProductB.CATProduct documents.
Select Tile Vertically from the Window menu bar to display them both.
Copying/pasting Joints
ABF Parameters must be defined first on the target product.
See Setting up BiW Fastening Parameters.
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Right-click the source Joint you wish to copy.
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Select Copy from the contextual menu.
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Right-click the target ABF Parameters object on which you wish to paste the Joint.
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Select Paste from the contextual menu.
A new Joint is created based on the source joint and new icons are displayed in the specification tree. 
- The Joint Bodies contained in the source Joint are also pasted onto the pasted Joint.
- The pasted Joint connects parts in the target product that have the same instance name as parts connected by the source Joint.
- If a part connected by the source Joint is not found in the target product assembly structure, then it is not referenced by the pasted Joint.
Copying/pasting Joints Bodies
A Joint must be created first on the target product.
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Right-click the source Joint Body you wish to copy.
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Select Copy from the contextual menu.
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Right-click the target Joint on which you wish to paste the Joint Body.
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Select Paste from the contextual menu.
A new Joint Body is created based on the source joint body and new icons are displayed in the specification tree. 
- The Joint Elements contained in the source Joint Body are pasted onto the target Joint.
- The pasted Joint Body refers to the same zones as it is defined in the source Joint Body.
- If a published zone cannot be found on the target Joint, an unspecified zone is created instead.
Copying/Pasting Joints Elements
A Joint Body must be created first on the target product.
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Right-click the source Joint Element you wish to copy.
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Select Copy from the contextual menu.
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Right-click the target Joint Body on which you wish to paste the Joint Element.
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Select Paste from the contextual menu.
A new Joint Element is created based on the source Joint Element and new icons are displayed within the specification tree. 
- The pasted Joint Element is explicit which means that its position is not specified by a geometry.
- The source Joint Element and the pasted one have the same position respectively to their roots products.
- The source Joint Element and the pasted one have the same normal vector, except if the pasted Joint Element is based on a surface which normal vector is different.
- The pasted Joint Element is named after the target's product Naming Rule if it is activated. If it is not activated, the pasted Joint Element has the same name as the source element.
