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Inventor Design Reuse – Sketch and Features

By David Fetz on February 10th, 2011

Use the Copy command on the Sketch tab to copy selected geometry and place one or more instances in the sketch. The Copy command also copies to the Autodesk Inventor clipboard so that you can paste into a sketch later.

You can copy and paste features within a part file or between open part files using the Windows Clipboard. You can paste only in the part modeling environment. Copying and pasting is like creating and placing an iFeature with these differences:

•By default, dependent features are not copied. Only features that are explicitly selected are copied. •The paste command allows dependent features to be copied as well. •Autodesk Inventor uses unresolved plane references to position the features. •Newly copied features are fully independent, unlike iFeatures. •If pattern features are copied and pasted, then the parent feature is also pasted. 

You can copy and paste features within a part file or between open part files using the Windows Clipboard. You can paste only in the part modeling environment. Copying and pasting is like creating and placing an iFeature with these differences:

 

•By default, dependent features are not copied. Only features that are explicitly selected are copied.
•The paste command allows dependent features to be copied as well.
•Autodesk Inventor uses unresolved plane references to position the features.
•Newly copied features are fully independent, unlike iFeatures.
•If pattern features are copied and pasted, then the parent feature is also pasted.
 
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Design Reuse – Sketch and Features

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