It is helpful to create a copy of the object symbol for an existing object - that is, only a copy of the occurrence of an object - if exactly the same object is needed at various positions in a model or in different models.
Right-click an object and hold down the mouse button.
Move the mouse pointer to the position in the modeling area at which you want to place the occurrence copy. A frame is displayed for the object. Lines indicate the alignment of the moving object to the placed objects and arrows indicate the distances.
Move the mouse pointer to the modeling area. The frame of the object is displayed. Lines indicate the alignment of the moving object to the placed objects and arrows indicate the distances.
Click the position where you want to place the object. The name of the object is selected for overwriting.
Enter at least the first two letters of a term contained in the relevant object name.
Select the object definition you want to use as the basis for the new occurrence. Objects whose names are added an asterisk (*) are newly created objects that have not been saved yet.
Select the object you want to connect to the occurrence copy. The Insert icons are displayed.
Click the Insert icon of the direction in which you want to place the occurrence copy. The Smart Modeling toolbar opens.
Click the object symbol of the object type of which you want to create an occurrence copy. The object is inserted in the direction you selected the Insert icon and a connection is created to the previously selected object. The name of the new object is selected for renaming.
Enter a part of the name of the object for which you want to create an occurrence copy.
Click the Browse button. The Select object dialog opens and lists all objects in the database that are of the same type as the selected object and whose names contain the entered term.
Click the name of the object for which you want to create an occurrence copy and click OK.
The dialog closes and the occurrence copy is created.
Move the mouse pointer to the modeling area. The frame of the object is displayed. Lines indicate the alignment of the moving object to the placed objects and arrows indicate the distances.
Click the position where you want to place the object.