Part Modeling > Edit Features > Copy and Paste > Using Paste Special > To Create an Independent Copy of a Feature or Feature Set
  
To Create an Independent Copy of a Feature or Feature Set
1. Select a feature or a set of features.
2. Click Model > Copy. The feature or the feature set is copied to the clipboard.
3. Click Model > Paste Special. 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 Model > Paste, 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. Click Apply move/rotate transformations to copies to move the copied feature by translation or rotation or both, or Advanced reference configuration to retain or change the references of the copied feature.
6. Click OK.
7. 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.
8. 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 Copied Feature > Remove dependence 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.