Out of the box, when replicating an object, its strong-side links are removed and weak-side links are retained. However, as an exception, the following links are configured to be removed when replicating a weak-side object: EPMBuildRule, ChangeProcessLink, ChangeReferenceLink.

For example, in case of EPMBuildRule, WTPart is on the weak side and CAD part is on the strong side of the link. Thus, when replicating the WTPart associated with the CAD Part, the link is removed.

Consider the following example.

In the above example, when you try to import WTPart002, the EPMBuildRule link between this part and CADPart001 is removed.