copying surfaces within same part

[2ms1]

I know how to merge in surfaces from other parts using Insert>Shared
Data>Copy Geometry.

However, is there any way to copy surface geometry from solid areas of the
part you are working on?

I would like to be able to do the same thing as the Insert>Shared
Date>Copy Geometry, only within the same part, so I can make several
copies of the outside of something for the purposes of using the geometry
in surfacing work done in the same part.

 

[design-engine]

yes. The same exact way. Unless I read incorrectly... Except you choose one surface of the solid geometry... right hold down and select 'solid surfaces'. If I did not read correctly.

Maybe you want to do an insert copy all in one part and reference a set of separate coordinate systems in one part. That way your reference copy geometry surfaces could seemingly be pat patterned.

Another way might be to make a copy surface on top of your solid. and pattern that.or you could copy or move translate the surface copy.

CHALLENGE: Try to move translate the surface geometry and scale larger or smaller as you copy.

Maybe I better go re-read your post.
Edited by: design-engine

 

[2ms1]

I don't know what you mean by the same exact way. I want to use surface geometry from within the same part, but when I do Insert>Shared Data>Copy Geometry, the first thing it asks for is a reference model that can't be the part you are working within already.


In other words, the only way I know to copy surface geometry from a solid, is with Insert>Shared Data>Copy Geometry, but that requires the surface geometry that is being copied to bein a different part file rather than the one that the surface is being pasted into/the one that you are already working in.

 

[design-engine]

Copy a surface onto the solid you want. Then 'Translate by Copy' to another location to use later. Don't use copy geometry. I don't have proe open (or a mouse) now but I think its under edit menu.

You want a video?
Edited by: design-engine

 

[kdem]

In the part what Bart means is use the Copy command. You select the surface and select the copy icon or Edit>Copy then select Paste or Edit>Paste. If you need to offset the part surface, select the surface or surfaces then Edit>Offset.

 

[2ms1]

Just to be clear, I'm talking about copying the outsides of solids, not
copying quilts. Let's say I have some complex shape solid and would like
to grab the outside of the shape to make quilt surfaces out of it. Hw do I
do that?

If I was working on another part and wanted to grab those complex
shapes as quilts, then I could just do "Insert>Shared Data>Copy
Geometry", select the surfaces of solids I want, use a pair of CSystems as
references for placement, and then hit the green checkmark and a bunch
of quilts from the complex shape solid appear in the other part.

What I'm wondering is whether or not there is a way to accomplish the
same thing within the same part. In other words, to achieve the exact
same results as with "Insert>Shared Data>Copy Geometry, but with the
"geometry" being copied from within the same part you are working on ,
rather than being inserted from another part.

 

[kdem]

It applies to solid surfaces also.Depending onthe solid surfacesyou want to copy there are a couple ofselection methodsto try. One is individual selection of the part surfaces. Another is seed and boundary surface selection.With this you select an initial surface, hold the shift key, and select the boundary surface. When you release the shift key the seed surface and all the attached surfaces up to the bounding surface will be selected. The surface selected as the bounding surface will not be selected. If you want all the solid surfaces select a single solid surface, right mouse click, and select solid surfaces. Then use copy and paste. Select the quilt surface, copy, and paste special as Bart mentioned above to apply transformations to the quilt.

 

[mgnt8]

Edit > Copy


Edit > Paste Special

 

[trillicomm]

2ms1

mind if you can upload a simple part that illustrates the surface you're referring to? When you paste or whatever the function is, will you offset it in 1D (along a parallel plane) or you're going to paste it in a compound angle?

 

[dgs]

Are you trying to make an exact copy, in the exact same place or a copy ina different place?


For the first, you need to select the surfaces you want, edit -> Copy and then edit -> paste. Now you've got an exact copy, in the same place.


For the second, you first need to do thesame thingto get a quilt that you can move. You cannot copy and move solid sufs in one step. You create a copy first, and then, select the new quilt, edit -> copy and then edit -> paste special. This will give you translation or rotation options in the dashboard.

 

[krow72]

2ms1 - first you need to highlight the part or feature that you want to copy by lmb pick. when the part/feature is highlighted you then move the mouse around until one of the surfs is highlighted and pick that surf. Then Edit>copy and Edit>paste. At this point you can hold ctrl and add additional surfs. Hit the checkmark when done. Then you pick this new quilt that you created and Edit>copy then Edit>paste_special. This will allow you to move or rotate your copy of the quilt.





Krow72

 

[trillicomm]

krow72

you're right.

Paste Special seems to show up when a Quilt has been copied.