Instantiating a Power Copy

This task shows how to instantiate a Power Copy after creating it as described in Creating a Power Copy:
  • The Power Copy reference has links to the selected features. These selected features are the components of the Power Copy reference.
  • Each instantiation of a Power Copy reference is a copy of each of its components (Copied Features).
  • After an instantiation, there is no link between the copied features and the reference components.

From a Catalog

  1. Open the Pktvehicle.CATPart document.

  2. In the standard toolbar, click the Open Catalog icon (). The catalog browser is displayed. Select the PktPowercopycatalog.catalog file.

    To know how to store a Power Copy in a catalog, see Storing a Power Copy in a Catalog.

  3. Click the icon. In the dialog box which is displayed, select the catalog which contains the Power Copy that you want to instantiate. Click Open to open the selected catalog. The dialog box which is displayed next enables you to navigate through the chapters and the families of the catalog until you can access the desired Power Copy.

  • For more information about catalogs, see CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide.
  • For more information about the Insert Object dialog box, click here.

  1. Double-click the 'Driver'  object. The Insert Object dialog box is displayed.

  2. Click Use identical name and click OK. The Power Copy is instantiated.

  3. Click Close in the Catalog Browser when done.

From a Document

  1. Open the Pktvehicle.CATPart document.

  2. From the Start > Knowledgeware Menu, access the Product Knowledge Template workbench.

  3. Click the Instantiate from Document icon (). The File Selection dialog box is displayed.

Note that this command is also available from the Part Design and the GSD workbenches.

  1. Select the PktCreatedPowerCopy.CATPart file and click Open. The Insert Object dialog box is displayed.

 
  • Click Use identical name.
 
  • Click OK when done.
     
Click here to know more about the Insert Object Dialog box.
Note that in some cases, when instantiating a Power Copy, the replacing element does not present the same sub-elements as the replaced element. Therefore you need to clearly indicate in a specific dialog box, the Replace Viewer, how to rebuild the geometry from the replacing element.

The Power Copy is instantiated into the document (see picture below.)

From a Selection

  1. Open the PktCreatedPowerCopy.CATPart and the PktVehicle.CATPart files.

  2. Tile the window vertically.

  3. Expand the Power Copy node in the PktCreatedPowerCopy.CATPart file and click the Driver Power Copy.

  4. Go to the PktVehicle.CATPart file and click the Instantiate from Selection icon (). The Insert Object dialog box is displayed.

  5. Click Use identical name. Click OK when done. The Power Copy is instantiated.
See the Quick Reference topic for a comprehensive list of the interactions that can be carried out on Power Copies.