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Right-click on the document from which you want to create
a copy and select Design Copy.
The Design Copy dialog box appears, displaying all documents linked to
the document you selected.
When there are contextual links, if an object is linked
to the parent object with a tree link and also with one of CATIA links,
these two objects will have the same status of checked/not checked. If
the status of one of them is changed then the other one will be
automatically changed. For example, if the CATIA Product contains a CATIA
Part, which is also designed in the context of the CATIA Product
(contextual link to product exists), then checking/not checking the CATIA
Part will automatically check/not check the CATIA Product. This ensures
the integrity of the design and prevents cross-references between CATIA
Parts and CATIA Products.
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Check the documents you wish to copy, if not already
done.
In our example, the user wants to copy a CATProduct document as well as
the three CATPart documents it references.
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To override the default setting for file names, you can
type a new file name for the document selected for copying: just
highlight the selected object and enter the new name in the lower text
field.
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After selecting and checking all files and options
required to copy to the new assembly structure, click the Copy
button to perform the copy operation.
A new SmarTeam - Editor window appears, displaying the new copied
document.
Select All
Clicking the Select All button selects all
objects to copy to the new structure. When several designs share the same
components, the Design Copy feature will copy the shared
components only one time. The newly copied component will be the same in
all designs.
Options
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Click Options.
The Design Copy Options window appears.
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In the Show options area check the relevant
options:
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Check Show profile card on Copy to get
a profile card for each new object. This profile card can be
modified before creating new objects.
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Check Show "Project Manager" to link a
new design to the project and set as a desk top object (Note:
Design copy does not support Project Security and the user will not
be able to set Project Security during the design copy.
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Check Show CFO's to display Common
File Objects (CFO) in the
Design Copy. When a member of a CFO is checked/not checked then all
the other members of the CFO will also be checked/not checked. In
the Design Copy window you can not set a different status for
different members of a CFO. For example, if you check the CATIA
Drawing, then all CATIA Sheets of the drawing will be checked
automatically.
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Select one of the following radio buttons:
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Name all files automatically using sequences
in order to generate all the files names automatically.
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Add a prefix and/or suffix to the original
file name in order to add a prefix and/or suffix to all
original file names. If you select this option add the required
prefix and/or suffix to the Prefix of all file names
and/or Suffix of all file names fields.
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The file is copied to the destination entered in the
Copy to field.
Administrator Options...
The Administrator Options is disabled. It is
only enabled if you are an administrator. If so, see
Customizing Design Copy in the Administration Task section for further
details.
Legend
Clicking the Legend... button displays
the Design Copy Legend
window. This informative window identifies dependent object types
according to colors set in the
Tree Properties, Visual
Setting dialog box.