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Click Instantiate From Document
or select Insert > Instantiate From Document... from the menu
bar.
The File Selection dialog box is displayed allowing you to
navigate to the document where the Power Copy is stored. |
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Select the document containing the Power Copy, and click
Open.
Here we selected the
PowerCopyReference1.CATPart document. |
The Insert Object dialog box is displayed. Warning or error messages can be issued if the chosen
destination is ambiguous or forbidden, for instance if you select an
ordered geometrical set as the After destination.
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In case
of an error message, the destination field is emptied and the
OK button is unavailable.
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In
case of a warning message, the power copy can still be instantiated
but some elements may not be inserted in the chosen destination.
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Use the Reference list to
choose the correct Power Copy when several have been defined in the
document. |
The One step instantiation mode is automatically
selected when working in a non ordered environment. If you work in an
ordered environment, you can choose the mode. |

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Select the Destination
of the instantiation.
It is
composed of two elements: a combo list corresponding to the relative
position (Inside or After) and a field
containing the destination feature. |
The destination depends on the current feature
as it is automatically filled with the latter. If
there is no current feature, the field is empty. |
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When
possible, you can modify the default destination, either by
modifying the relative position or by selecting another destination
feature.
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The
destination is filled with After when the destination is
a geometric feature. In this case, the After field is
grayed out.
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The
destination is filled with Inside when the destination
is a geometrical feature set.
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Complete the Inputs within the dialog box by
selecting the adequate element in the geometric area.
After each selection, an indicator is displayed in the 3D area, with orientation when necessary. Click on the green arrow to
reverse orientation if needed. |
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If needed, click Use identical name to
automatically select all the elements with the same name.
This is especially useful when the input is the same one repeated
several time. |
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You can also click on Parameters to display
the Parameters dialog box and modify values.
Here we increased the Radius1 value to 25 mm. |
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Use Create formulas to automatically create a
formula for every parameters with the same name provided there are any.
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Click Close.
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In the Insert Object dialog box, you can click
Documents to access the
list of documents (such as design tables) pointed by one of the
elements making up the Power copy.
If there are documents, the Documents dialog box opens and you can
click the Replace button to display the File Selection dialog box and
navigate to a new design table to replace the initial one.
When no document is referenced, the Documents button is grayed within
the Insert Object dialog box. |
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Click OK to finish the instantiation.
The Power Copy is instantiated in context, meaning
its limits are automatically re-defined taking into account the
elements on which it is instantiated. |
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- You can check Repeat to be able to repeat the
instantiation.
In this case, once you have clicked OK in the Insert
Object dialog box, the latter remains open, the Power Copy's
Inputs are listed and ready to be replaced by new inputs, as
described above.
Parameters modified using Parameters are retained for
the next instantiation.
To exit the command, you need to deselect Repeat or
click Cancel.
- The feature defined as the current
object corresponds to the last instantiated component of the Power
Copy.
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