About Instantiating Power Copies

The Instantiate From Selection command lets you instantiate Power Copies once they have been created.

There are three types of instantiating modes:

  • One step instantiation (See Generative Shape Design User's Guide or Part Design User's Guide)
  • Step by step instantiation
  • Part comparison instantiation

Ensure that you have the KT1 or PKT licenses.

Related Topics
Instantiating Power Copies Using Step by Step Instantiation
Instantiating Power Copies Using Part Comparison Instantiation

  • You can select several features before entering the Instantiate From Selection command. Selected features are duplicated and appear as Duplicate Selection.x in the Reference box.
    Warning: Selected features must be consecutive. If not, an error message is issued.
  • When instantiating from the same document, use the PowerCopy object > Instantiate contextual menu to display the Insert Object dialog box directly.

  • Note: If you are a DS Passport customer, you can read the QA00000006221 article from the Knowledge Base for more about the Insert Object dialog box.

    The icon is always grayed when instantiating Power Copies. It is available with User Features (UDFs) and allows you to create and modify URLs.
  • Here is a list of the elements you can select for instantiating Power Copies:
    Object Geometrical Set Ordered Geometrical Set Body Solid Body 3D Shape
    Can include
    Geometrical Set X     X X
    Ordered Geometrical Set   X X   X
    Body   X     X
    Solid Body         X
    Solid from Body     X    
    Solid from Solid Body       X  
    Volume from GS X        
    Volume from OGS   X X    
    Surface, Wireframe, Point from GS X        
    Surface, Wireframe, Point from OGS   X X    
    Sketch from Body or OGS   X X    
    Sketch from Solid Body or GS X     X  
Important:
  • Working with the datum mode is independent from the instantiation type: indeed Power Copies behave as a Copy as Specified and not as a Copy as Result. For further information about the various formats available when pasting elements, refer to the Using the Paste Special... command documentation in Infrastructure User's Guide: Pasting Objects as Special.
  • A panel allows you to select alternate document access methods. See Infrastructure User's Guide: Opening Existing Documents Using the Browse Window.