In opened models, you can copy the formats of a selected item to another item or to several other items. This depends on whether the format has been copied to one or more items, and between which items it has been copied.
You can copy formats from one item to another identical item, but also from one item to a different item, for example, from an object occurrence to a connection occurrence. The items can be placed in different models.
Of course, the formats copied between different items are based on the formats that are available to all these items. Below, we will use the example of object occurrences to explain how formats are copied.
The object symbol size is not copied in order not to destroy the layout of models.
Source and target occurrences are identical
Object occurrences are identical if they are based on the same object type and have the same object symbol. All formats are copied.
Placed source and target attributes are identical
The copy format function causes the attribute placements of the source object occurrence to be transferred to the target object occurrence. This means that the target object occurrence receives the attribute placements of the source object occurrence.
Source and target object occurrences differ
The source object occurrence is based on another object type than are the target object
occurrences/All target object occurrences are identical: All formatting except for
the fill color is copied.
For example, the formatting of an activity can be copied to a group of organizational
units or graphic objects.
The source object occurrence is based on another object type than are the target object
occurrences/Target object occurrences differ: The formats are copied only to object
occurrences that are identical to the source object occurrence. The other objects
do not change at all.
You can select the modeling sections and copy the format without changing an object
occurrences unintentionally.
Placed source and target attributes differ
The copy format function copies the formats only from placed attributes that exist in both the source and target object occurrences. The position is not copied. If the source and target attributes have different placements, the attribute placements are not deleted or created.