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A copy of geometric objects is a model object containing geometric objects with no history, which are copies of the geometric objects of the current or another model.
In this case, a «copy» means the Copy
object, which is created by the Copy objects operation and contains copies of selected model objects. For simplicity of exposition, further in the text, instead of the phrase «Copy object» the term «copy of geometric objects» or simply «copy» will be used.
The use of copies of geometric objects is one of the techniques for designing an assembly model (see Appendix Methods for designing assemblies. Teamwork, «Top down design with pre-detailing» and «Bottom up design with pre-detailing»).
A copy can include several geometric objects. When copying it is possible to form an arbitrary set of objects or use a collection of objects created beforehand. Sources of objects included in the same copy must be contained in the same document.
There is an associative connection between the objects included in the copy and their source objects. Changes of source objects can be transferred to the copy automatically or manually. For more details, see section Updating a copy of geometric objects.
The copy may include objects of the model itself, its components and the detailing geometry contained in it.
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If you want to copy the objects of an assembly into a model that will later be inserted into the same assembly as a component, it is recommended to set manual update for the resulting copy. |
The objects included in the copy can be modified by subsequent operations, and can also be used in operations to build various objects in the model.
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A copy of geometric objects is also created in the model as a result of isolating object links. |
See also
Creating a copy of geometric objects
