KOMPAS-3D v24

General knowledge about updating a copy of geometric objects

When editing every copy the option for updating it is specified. The update option can be changed later:

•When editing a copy — using the Update parameters section of the Parameters panel.
Changing the update option when editing a copy

•In the Model Design tree — using the commands in the context menu of the copy operation.
Changing the update variant using the context menu

•In process Copy management — using the Copy operations table of the Parameters panel.
Updating copies. Changing the updating options

Changing the update option in the Parameters panel is transferred to the context menu and vice versa.

Changing the update option when editing a copy

To configure the update when editing a copy, use the Update automatically switch, located in the Update options section of the Parameters panel.

•If the switch is in the I (on) position, the copy objects are automatically updated (default).

•If the switch is in the 0 (disabled) position, the copy objects are not updated automatically. It is only possible manual updating of a copy.

When object refresh is disabled (the switch is in the 0 position), the Follow source option is displayed in the Parameters panel.

•Enable this option to receive the information on changing source objects.

•Disable the option if you don't need to follow changing of source objects.

Changing the update option using the context menu

You can select the required copy updating option using the context menu commands. To do this, select the copy in the Design Tree and invoke one of the following commands from the context menu:

•Update automatically — the copy objects are automatically updated;

•Update by command and follow the source — the copy objects are not updated automatically; the system follows changes of the source objects;

•Update by command — the copy objects are not updated automatically; changes of the source objects are not followed.

The selected command is marked with a "tick" in the context menu.

You can assign one of the updating options to multiple copies at once.

•To assign the required option to some number of copies, select them in the Design Tree and invoke the appropriate command from the context menu.

•To assign the required option to all the copies existing in the model, enable the structural representation. From the Design Tree, select the section Copies, and then invoke the command for the update option.