When you copy and paste a feature, and if Driving Dimension Annotation Elements (DDAEs) exist in the source feature and its orientation is appropriate, Creo Parametric copies the DDAEs to the target feature. Creo Parametric displays independent copies of the DDAEs only if the orientation is appropriate. If the orientation is not appropriate, then the copies of DDAEs are inactive and are not displayed in the graphics window, but are visible on the Model Tree. In an independent copy, all DDAEs are unique and are not driven by the source dimensions.

You can create fully dependent copies by clicking Fully dependent with options to vary in the Paste Special dialog box. In the fully dependent copy, all dimensions are driven by the dimensions in the source feature. The automatically created copies of DDAEs are therefore, not visible in the copy. However, if you add a driven dimension in the copy to the varied items table such that the primary value or tolerance values are varied, then the dimension becomes a driving dimension. If the source dimension is a DDAE, the varied target DDAE becomes visible.

If you apply transformations to the copy, Creo Parametric creates a unique dimension at the top level to drive the transformations of the copy. This dimension does not exist in the source feature. You can convert the transformation dimensions to DDAEs.

You can create dependent copies by clicking Partially dependent - Dimensions and AE Details only in the Paste Special dialog box. The automatically created copies of DDAEs are not visible in the copy.  

If you apply transformations to the copy, Creo Parametric creates transformation dimensions in the feature that contains them to drive the placement of the copy. These dimensions do not exist in the source feature. You can convert these transformation dimensions to DDAEs.

If DDAEs are present in the source feature you are copying and if you make the dimensions corresponding to these DDAEs in the copy independent then the DDAEs in the copy become visible.

If you copy a source feature without DDAES and if you make the dimensions in the copy independent, the dimensions become visible driving dimensions and are not driven by the source dimensions. You can convert independent driving dimensions in the dependent copies to DDAEs. If you make changes to the properties of the source dimensions after the dimensions are made independent, then these changes are not propagated to the DDAEs. You can delete DDAEs of independent dimensions in dependent copies.