To Create an Independent Copy of a Feature or Feature Set
1. Select a feature or a set of features.
2. Click > . The feature or the feature set is copied to the clipboard.
3. Click > . The Paste Special dialog box opens. Dependent copy and Partially dependent - Dimensions and AE Details only are selected by default.
| Although you can create an independent copy with > , the Paste Special command offers you more flexibility because of additional options. |
4. Clear the Dependent copy check box.
◦ The Fully dependent with options to vary and the Partially dependent - Dimensions and AE Details only options become unavailable.
◦ The Apply move/rotate transformations to copies and the Advanced reference configuration options are available and are mutually exclusive.
5. To move the copied feature by translation, rotation, or both, select Apply move/rotate transformations to copies.
7. Click OK.
8. Select the copied feature on the Model Tree and right-click to verify if the copy of the feature or feature set is independent.
| Copied Feature and its options, Varied items, Break dependence, and Remove dependence, are not available on the resultant menu because the copied feature is independent. |
9. Repeat steps 3 through 6 to create more independent copies of the feature or feature set.
| Alternatively, you can select a fully-dependent feature, right-click the selected feature, and choose > to permanently break the dependence of the selected copied feature on the original feature. Copied Feature and its options, Varied items, Break dependence, and Remove dependence, are only available when the copied feature is fully dependent on the original feature. |