Michael,
I haven't looked into Pub & Copy Geoms, but perhaps using Post-Regen relations or assembly level relations would help. The following is from Advanced Part training on relations:
Order of Operations
Relations are not evaluated until the model is regenerated. During a regeneration, relations are evaluated in the following order:
1.
At the beginning of a regeneration, the system solves model relations in the order in which they were entered.
2. In an assembly, the assembly relations are calculated first. Then the system calculates all sub-assembly relations in order of component placement. This means that all sub-assembly relations are calculated before any features or components begin regeneration.
3. The system starts regenerating features in the order of creation. If a feature is attached to feature relations, these relations are solved before regenerating that feature.
4. If you specified any relations as Post Regeneration, the system solves these relations after the regeneration is complete.
Post Regeneration relations are accessed here:
HTH,
Karl Krahmer
Mechanisms and Structural Systems
ASRC Aerospace Corporation
Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899
Mail code ASRC-5211