How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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Jaymo
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How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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I am working on a floor plan for a kitchen.

I have created a model for an appliance, and would like to insert it into a floor plan created in a different file.

How do I insert the appliance into the floor plan?

Thanks,
Jim

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Re: How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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Select the part you want to insert. Click on the tab for the document you want to insert to. Make Link. You can find the tool in the Structure toolbar.

For more advanced tools install one of the assembly workbenches.
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Re: How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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you make a carbon copy (Ctrl C , Ctrl V) of a file to a new file
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Re: How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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Thanks, Papyblaise. The copy-paste worked.

Jolbas, is there an advantage to be gained by your seemingly marginally more complicated method?

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Jaymo wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:23 pm ...
A Link usually follows changes made in the original object, a copy usually not.
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onekk wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:50 pm A Link usually follows changes made in the original object, a copy usually not.
This is different for CarbonCopy. It follows all changes to the original sketch but not to additions or removals of elements or constraints.
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chrisb wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 4:32 am ...
This is different for CarbonCopy. It follows all changes to the original sketch but not to additions or removals of elements or constraints.
Sorry, it is not clear.

Are you referring to Link or to CarbonCopy ?
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onekk wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 5:33 am Are you referring to Link or to CarbonCopy ?
Sorry, I was mislead by papyblaise's wording using "CarbonCopy" when he actually meant "Copy". CarbonCopy is not possible here, and you where right with your distinction between Link and Copy.
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chrisb wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:28 am ...
Thanks, I've also some doubt that CTRL+C CTRL+V is the right way to make a CatbonCopy.

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Re: How to insert an object created in one file into another file

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Jolbas,

Thanks for the Make Link idea.

It worked perfectly, and now I can easily move my stove around in the floor plan model, which I couldn't seem to do after the Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V method.
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