Copy Object Reference

Access

Ribbon: 3D Model tab Modify panel Copy Object

Ribbon: Construction tab Manage panel Copy Object

Available in a part (.ipt) file or, if you have Inventor, in an assembly (.iam) file when editing a part within the assembly context.

Use Copy Object to copy or move geometry within a part file to composites, base surfaces, or a group in the construction environment. For example, you can create a copy or move geometry between the construction environment and the part modeling environment.

Select

Select

Allows selection of one or more faces or bodies.

Face

Allows selection of individual faces of a quilt or solid body.

Body

Allows selection of an entire quilt or solid body.

Note: Switching between selection types (Face and Body) clears the selections set.

Output

Create New

Defines whether to copy or move composites, surfaces, or solids. The selection (Face or Body) determines the available Output options.

• Group Copies/moves the selection set to a new Group in the construction environment.
• Surface Copies/moves the selection set to one or more base surface features in the Part Modeling environment. Creates one feature for each set of contiguous faces selected.
• Composite Copies/moves the selection set to a single composite feature in the Part Modeling environment.
• Solid Copies/moves the selection set to a single solid body in the Part Modeling environment.
• Multiple Solids Copies/moves the selection set to multiple solid bodies in the Part Modeling environment.

• Select Existing: Allows the selection of a target repair body, composite feature or group.

  When copying objects across parts with Inventor, this option allows:

  • Associative objects to be added to associative composites.
  • Nonassociative data to be added to non-associative composites.

  Associative: When creating a feature, you can establish a relationship between the copied geometry created in the target part and the source part. This relationship is represented by the Adaptive browser icon preceding the feature browser entry of the created feature. This relationship can be broken using the Break Link context menu option.

  Rules:

  • Only available when editing a part within an assembly file.
  • Not available for Solid Output option.
  Delete Original Deletes the geometry in the original location (Moves the selected geometry to the specified location). Not available when selecting geometry from a different part.

  Note: Does not delete Parametric geometry.