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Duplicating Features in KeyCreator

Duplicating Features in KeyCreator
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Imagine that you’re working with the manifold part illustrated at Duplicate Feature Powerplaythe top of the illustration to the right. It could be a model that you previously created or something that you imported from another CAD system.

You need to duplicate the complex boss that is located at the upper, left end of the part and position the copy at the lower, right end, rotated as shown.

In KeyCreator, whether the model is yours or imported doesn’t matter.

With a few mousestrokes you can quickly make a copy of the feature and reposition it in the new location.

First, the powerful Prune Function is used to instantly make a duplicate of the complex boss with one mousepick!

The copy can be used as is or duplicated to make additional features. You can even store the copy in a library of features for use at a later time!

Then, the Graft Function is used to reposition the boss at the new location.

The powerful DynaHandle makes it easy to manipulate the copy of the feature and position it at the new location.

After locating the feature it is automatically added to the model of the original part.

That’s the power of KeyCreator-easy manipulation of features without the hassles of feature-based modeling!  Direct modeling at its best.

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