Using PowerCopy with an Annotation Set

You can use PowerCopy to copy an annotation set from one document to another. This section explains how.

Before you begin: Create two products (A and B), each containing a part and each in a different document.
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About Annotation Set

  1. Open product A and in the Functional Tolerancing & Annotation workbench add an annotation.

    In this example we used Text with Leader to add some text.


    • The text is added to the product.
    • An Annotation Set node is added to the specification tree.


  2. Create a PowerCopy of the annotation set:

    1. Click Insert > Advanced Replication Tools > PowerCopy Creation....

      The Powercopy Definition dialog box is displayed.

    2. In the specification tree, select Annotation Set.

      The dialog box is automatically filled with information about the selected elements.

    3. Click OK in the dialog box.

      A PowerCopy node is added to the specification tree.

  3. Propagate the document to the database:

    1. Click PLM Access > Propagate...
    2. Click OK in the Propagate dialog box.

  4. Open product B.



  5. In product B, create an instantiation of the PowerCopy from product A:

    1. Click and select Mechanical > Part Design.

      You are now in the Part Design workbench.

    2. Click Insert > Instantiate From Representation .

      The Object Selection dialog box is displayed.

    3. Select the representation of product A and click OK.

      The Insert Object dialog box is displayed.

    4. In the 3D area, select the element to which you want to attach the annotation input.

      Note: If there is more than one annotation input, OK in the dialog box remains unavailable until all the annotation inputs have been attached.

    5. Click OK in the dialog box.


      • The annotation is added in the 3D area (in this example, Annotation A).

      • An Annotation Set node is added to the specification tree.