Copy a model or an object into another group

You can copy models and objects and paste them into a database group.

Procedure

  1. Click Repository Repository.
  2. Click Datenbanken Databases on the left to display the available databases.
  3. Select the relevant database.
  4. Navigate to the database group in which the relevant item is saved. When you select the group, its contents are displayed in the right pane.
  5. Move the mouse cursor over the row of the item you want to copy. The edit buttons are displayed at the end of the row.
  6. Click Copy Copy.
  7. Select the group in which you want to paste the model or the object.
  8. Click the Down arrow down arrow of the group and click Paste Paste.

If you insert a model, it is newly created, while occurrence copies of the existing objects are used for the objects it contains. If an object is inserted, a definition copy is created.

Tip

You can copy and paste either multiple models or multiple objects at the same time. To do this, activate two or more check boxes of models or objects and click Copy Copy displayed in the upper right corner. Now you can paste them into a group.