Copying and pasting objects

The Teamcenter clipboard is shared by all applications and by NX. Consequently, for example, objects you place on the clipboard by copying them in My Teamcenter may subsequently be pasted into the product structure in Structure Manager. You can also edit the product structure with the Remove, Copy, Paste, and Paste Special commands. When you paste an item or item revision from the clipboard, Teamcenter creates corresponding components in the selected assembly in the product structure. Structure Manager allows you to paste items and item revisions (including parts, designs, and their revisions), structure lines, and item elements; other objects are ignored if you attempt to paste them. If you cut and paste structure lines, the pending lines are removed from the clipboard after you choose Paste or Paste Special. If the cut lines are in the same structure as the target, Teamcenter performs a move action, rather than a cut and paste action. If your administrator has defined mandatory properties for the type of object you are creating, Teamcenter displays the Properties dialog box, which allows you to define attribute values for the objects. To modify the properties of an existing object, choose Edit→Properties On Relations. If the component you are adding to the structure contains unsatisfied connection points, Teamcenter checks if any of the other components in the structure also contain unsatisfied connection points and offers to connect them. Use a guided component search (GCS) to accelerate the search for matching components within an assembly.