To Create a Fully-Dependent Feature and Vary Dependency
1. Select a feature or a set of features.
2. Click > 
Copy. The feature or the feature set is copied to the clipboard.
Copy. The feature or the feature set is copied to the clipboard.3. Click > 
Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog box opens. Dependent copy and Partially dependent - Dimensions and AE Details only are selected by default.
Paste Special. The Paste Special dialog box opens. Dependent copy and Partially dependent - Dimensions and AE Details only are selected by default.4. Select Fully dependent with options to vary.
 | If you set the default_dep_copy_option configuration option to full_dep, Fully dependent with options to vary is the default option of Dependent copy. |
5. To replace the original references of the copied feature with new references, or to create new bodies to be used as references in the copies, select Advanced reference configuration. See To Copy Features Using the Advanced Reference Configuration.
6. Click OK. The fully-dependent copied feature is created and is identified by its corresponding label in the Model Tree, for example, Copied Hole 7.
7. Select the copied feature in the Model Tree, right-click and choose 
Edit. You are prompted to select dimensions, sections, trajectories, tolerances, surface finish, or other attributes of the copied feature.
Edit. You are prompted to select dimensions, sections, trajectories, tolerances, surface finish, or other attributes of the copied feature.8. Select one of the dimensions in the graphics window, and double-click, or right-click and click Value. A warning dialog box prompts you to confirm whether you want to add the dimension being modified to the varied items table of the copied feature.
9. Click Yes on the warning dialog box.
10. Change the dimension value in the graphics window.
11. Select the copied feature, and right-click and choose > . The Varied Items dialog box opens. The edited dimension is listed under the Dimension tab with its original and edited values displayed under Orig Value and New Value.
| | If you delete a varied dimension value under New Value in the Varied Items dialog box, you must type the asterisk sign (*) in place of the deleted value on the Dimension tab before closing the Varied Items dialog box. This is to ensure that the Varied Items dialog box reverts to the original dimension value the next time you open the Varied Items dialog box. |
For an annotation feature, the Varied Items dialog box displays tabs specific to annotation elements such as 3D Notes, 3D Symbols, Surf.Finish, and Geom.Tols, in addition to Dimensions, References, and Parameters.
| | For fully-dependent copies of annotation features with varied annotations, if you set the status of the varied annotations to No Copy, the varied annotations are not copied, but are deleted along with their references, if any. The references are not locked when the status is set to No Copy. They are also not resumed when you again set the status of the annotations to Copy. Instead, the original references are used in place of the deleted references. |
12. Select a feature attribute or element tab in the Varied Items dialog box and click 
to add items to the relevant varied items table.
to add items to the relevant varied items table.13. Select the relevant feature attribute, dimension, or element in the graphics window. The selected item with its value is added to the varied items table and is listed in the Varied Items dialog box.
| | When you add references to the varied items table you can choose to reroute the references through the REROUTE REFS menu. |
14. Select an item in the Varied Items dialog box and click 
to remove the item from the relevant varied items table.
to remove the item from the relevant varied items table.15. Edit the value of an item listed in the Varied Items dialog box.
16. Select a feature attribute tab and select All, Modified, or Unchanged from the Filter list to list all the corresponding feature attribute items or only the changed or original items.
17. Click OK.