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July 30, 2008
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To Copy Geometry from One Model to Another.

  • July 30, 2008
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Does anyone really know how to copy geometry from one model to another? The instructions I have from the help files don’t work and are incredibly confusing as usual. It should be pretty simple if it’s really possible. Suppose I’m working in a file and want to retrieve the geometry in another one. From my working file, I should be able to pull up another one, select the geometry, and then paste the geometry into my original model.



I’ve seen the dialogue screens that ask for references etc, so it seems that all of the tools are in the mix, but with screens that disappear behind each other, and literary errors typical of an eighth grader in the instructions, I can’t make this work at all in Wildfire 2.



By the way, I’ve already searched this forum and for some reason, older links cause my computer to lock up. I don’t know what that’s all about, but I have already looked FYI.

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    July 31, 2008
    You should be able to use either one of the suggestions listed above. The copy and paste feature is easy to use. When you use paste special, click the advanced references button. Then you pick the references for the feature placement. You HAVE to do this to get the same feature in the new model placed the same way. If you are unsure where the references come from go to edit references on the feature you want to copy from and click no to roll back the model. It will then highlight the references one at a time in green. When you copy and paste special you will pick those same references in order. Works like a charm.

    The other way listed requires you to set up a published geometry in your original part. To do that its Insert:Shared Date:Publish Geometry that brings up a window, choose surface refs and choose the surfaces you want (keep in mind it will bring it in as a surface and you must solidify it). This puts a pub geom in your model tree. In the part you want the geometry in go Insert:Shared data:copy geometry from other model. Then follow the prompts. Basically you pick the model that has the pub geom in it, pick the pub geom (you must pick it because you can have multiple pub geoms in any model) and choose where to put it. This is a more robust way to copy geometry and will let you update the published geom and regenerate the copied geom to show the changes. If its a simple feature then copy and paste.

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