Using Save As
The Windchill Save As action applies to parts and end items, CAD parts and assemblies, drawings, and Creo Parametric family table objects.
When you select CAD documents and parts to copy within a product structure, you create new objects (copies with new names). You also can specify to not copy some of the members of the structure, instead creating references to the original existing objects (reusing original objects in the new structure).
When using the Save As action, remember these guidelines:
• If you copy a drawing without copying the part or assembly referenced by the drawing, the new drawing references the original part or assembly.
• You can use Save As to copy an entire or partial family table or any individual member. If you copy an instance without its generic, the new instance copy becomes a new member of the family table
The Save As command is available in the following places:
• Where workspace objects are accessed, including:
◦ The workspace File menu ( > )
◦ The workspace information page Actions list
◦ The toolbar of the workspace version Model Structure Report
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As opposed to using Save As from the commonspace, workspace Save As allows you to manipulate and modify your newly saved-as objects before committing them to the commonspace with a checkin.
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• In the commonspace, including:
◦ The actions list on the information page of a checked-in (commonspace) CAD document or part object
◦ The toolbar on the Product Structure table (on the information page of a checked-in part or end item)
◦ The toolbar on the Model Structure Report table (on the information page of a checked-in CAD document)
◦ In addition, the commonspace Save As action is available from search results and from the Folders page for products and libraries -- from the toolbar and from the object action menus for objects that can be copied.
◦ The Save As action is not on the Folders toolbar when the current view is set to any of the following:
▪ Folders Only
▪ Links Only
▪ Documents Only