CATIA V5's ability to copy and paste objects in the specification tree is supported by Abaqus for CATIA V5. For example, you can copy a boundary condition object from the boundary condition container in one step and paste it into the boundary condition container in a second step. You can use [Ctrl] + Click or [Shift] + Click to select more than one object to copy. Examples of objects you can copy and paste include the following:

• Fields, loads, and boundary conditions

• Contact pairs

• Analytic rigid surfaces

• Springs

• Output requests

• Layups

• Jobs

However, Abaqus for CATIA V5 does not support copy and paste of the following:

• Analysis cases

• Containers, such as fields, boundary conditions, and loads

• Steps

• Global element assignments

Although you cannot copy an analysis case, you can copy objects between analysis cases. For example, you can copy a load from one analysis case and paste it into a second analysis case.

You can copy an object from a container and paste an object into a container; however, Abaqus for CATIA V5 does not allow you to copy or paste the container itself. For example, you can copy loads from the loads container and paste loads into the loads container, but you cannot copy or paste the loads container. In addition, the container into which you paste an object must be the same type as the container from which you copied the object, for example, you cannot copy a load from the loads container and paste it into the boundary conditions container. You can copy and paste across analysis documents (.CATAnalysis files); however, the product should be identical in both documents. If the products are not identical, support information, such as the name of a face to which a pressure is applied, may be incorrect. You can only copy and paste an object; you cannot cut and paste an object.

Abaqus for CATIA V5 allows you to copy and paste propagating objects. For example, when you paste a boundary condition object into a boundary condition container in a step, Abaqus for CATIA V5 propagates the boundary condition into the boundary condition container in any subsequent steps. However, you can copy a propagating object only from the step in which it was created (its status is Created). Similarly, if the original object was modified in a subsequent step, the modification is not carried over when the copied object is propagated into its subsequent steps.