Clone (duplicate) a structure

Procedure If you are using a CAD tool, verify that your administrator has set the StructureCloneTransferModes global constant to the name of the transfer mode for your CAD integration. Open the structure in Structure Manager and configure it as appropriate. Cloning a precise structure creates a precise copy; likewise, cloning an imprecise structure creates an imprecise copy. Select the top line of the structure or a subassembly in the structure. The selected line and everything below it will be copied into the new (cloned) structure. Choose File>Duplicate. Structure Manager displays the Duplicate dialog box. You can use the + and - buttons to expand or collapse the structure tree that is displayed in the dialog box. Select or clear the check box at the left-hand end of each line in the structure to copy or reference that line in the new (cloned) structure. Select one or more of the check boxes on the left-hand side of the Duplicate dialog box to determine how the clone should be created: Display check boxes Drawings From All Revisions If selected, all item revisions with drawings that are related to the structure are shown. Drawings under the same item revision as their solid models are implicitly included and are not displayed again in the dialog box. Required Dependencies If selected, only the item revisions necessary to open the structure or assembly in the CAD tool are shown. All Dependencies If selected, all related item revisions are shown. Part Families check boxes Masters If selected, part family masters defined in Classification are shown. If an original item revision is a part family master, the cloned item revision is also a part family master. Members If selected, part family members defined in Classification are shown. If an original item revision is a part family member that is selected for cloning, the cloned item revision is also a part family member. Click the Update Display button to refresh the structure display if you change these check boxes. Rename CAD Files check box If checked, the CAD integration renames all CAD files when you open the clone in the CAD tool. If you choose to rename CAD files, a deep clone is created; that is, all CAD datasets and their named references are copied. New Item ID by Selection check boxes Click the Apply button to update the structure display if you change the default mapping. Assign New IDs If selected, you can specify the naming pattern of duplicated items that are included in the clone. The new identifiers are not applied until you create the clone. Prefix Allows you to define a prefix to the original ID of each duplicated item that is included in the clone, for example, NEW_. Suffix Allows you to define a suffix after the original ID of each duplicated item that is included in the clone. Replace With Allows you to replace a specified substring in the original item ID with another defined string in the duplicated item name. Naming check boxes Click the Apply button to update the structure display if you change the default mapping. Assign New IDs If selected, you can modify the naming pattern of original items before they are included in the clone. Prefix Allows you to define a prefix for the original item ID before it is included in the clone. Suffix Allows you to define a suffix after the original item ID before it is included in the clone. Replace With Allows you to replace a specified substring in the original item ID with another defined string before the clone is created.

Note If you try to define a naming pattern that does not conform with the naming rules defined in Business Modeler IDE, Teamcenter displays an error message.

Note By default, if you use multifield keys, you can only duplicate structures in the Item domain. If you use another domain, you must enter a full multifield key string for the new item ID. For example: If you created a domain called TestName{item_id,object_name}, enter the following multifield key string for the new item ID: Copy %#MFK#%,=item_id=000020,object_name=example1 Teamcenter creates an item that has an ID of 000020 and a name of example1. If you created a domain called TestType{item_id,object_type}, enter the following multifield key string for the new item ID: Copy %#MFK#%,=item_id=000020,object_type=Document Teamcenter creates an item that has an ID of 000020 and a name of Document. Select a folder to hold the clone structure or clear the existing selection in the Copy Results To box.

Note If this box is empty, Teamcenter does not add the new cloned root item revision to any folder. Click OK to create the clone structure. Structure Manager displays the Duplicate Results dialog box and saves the top item of the new (cloned) structure to the clipboard and copies it to the NewStuff folder when it is complete. The dialog box also states if Teamcenter could not duplicate any items in the original structure, it referenced them instead.