Instantiating Power Copies

This capability is available with the Wireframe and Surface product providing you have KT1 or PKT licenses.
This capability lets you instantiate Power Copies once they have been created (See Creating Power Copies).

There are three types of instantiating modes:
  You can also instantiate Power Copies using the Catalog and from a VB Macro.
   
  • 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 field.
    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.
  • 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

Can include

 Geometrical Set Ordered Geometrical Set Body Solid Body Part
Geometrical Set  X

 

   X X
Ordered Geometrical Set   X X   X
Body   X     X
Solid Body         X
Solid From Body X
From Solid Body X
Volume From GS X        
From OGS   X X    

Surface,

Wireframe,

Point

 From GS X        
From OGS   X X    
Sketch From Body or OGS X X
From Solid Body or GS X X
   
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 in CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide documentation.
  The Power Copy capability lets you select alternate document access methods.
Refer to Opening Existing Documents Using the Browse Window in CATIA Infrastructure User's Guide.