When you copy and paste geometry such as quilts and chains, features are created. You can either use the object-action or the action-object workflow.

While you paste the copied geometry, the user interface relevant to the geometry type opens. For example, if you copied quilts, the tab for quilts opens.

The paste user interface is slightly different depending on whether you are pasting a surface or a curve.

In Copy Surface mode, you can create a quilt directly on top of selected surfaces. The resulting quilt contains surfaces that are the same shape and size as their parent surfaces.

In Copy Curve mode, you can create an exact or approximate copy of a selected datum curve.