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.
Procedure
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.
Release the mouse button. The pop-up menu opens.
Click Create occurrence copy here.
The occurrence copy is created.
Click an object symbol in the Symbols bar.
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.
Click for definition selection, or press the Tab key. The Select object dialog opens.
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.
Click OK.
The occurrence copy is created.
Prerequisite
The Smart Modeling toolbar is enabled.
Procedure
Select the object you want to connect to the occurrence copy. The Insert icons .
If you have enabled Smart Modeling, the insert icons are displayed under the following conditions.
Enough space
There must be enough space to arrange Insert icons around an object symbol. Therefore, the model display must be large enough to display
Insert icons in the model in addition to the objects.
Thus, Insert icons are displayed when Smart Modeling is enabled and the model display is equal
or greater than 30 %.
Permission to use a connection
The user must have the privilege to use the outgoing connection of the selected object.
If a user does not have the privilege because the used filter does not allow the connection,
the Insert icon for the corresponding direction is not displayed.
Click the Insert icon of the direction in which you want to place the occurrence copy. The opens.
The Smart Modeling toolbar provides functionality for the simple and very fast placement of objects. It provides objects that are directly accessible and a search field for finding and placing object symbols that are not listed in the toolbar. Also, you can use the smart object toolbar to create connections to existing objects.
When you place an object using the search field, the symbol of the placed object is added to the list of directly accessible objects for the selected object type.
You can configure the toolbar for each object type so that you always have access to the objects you want to connect.
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.
Select an object of the model.
Click Copy in the Start tab bar.
Click Paste in the Start tab bar.
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 occurrence copy is created.