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Generally speaking, connection defined in SCIA Engineer is nothing else than an extra information saved with the structure model. From this point of view, it can be compared to e.g. load, support, mass, etc. And similarly to the named entities the connections belong to the Additional data.
Consequently, any connection can be copied to another node the same way as additional data are copied.
Select the connection that is to be copied.
Icon
Copy add data (
) becomes accessible on toolbar
Geometrical manipulations.
Click the icon.
Define the target position for the copied connection.
The selected connection is copied into the new location.
If required, select another target positions.
Press [Esc] to and the function.
The function for copying of additional data is also accessible via the window pop-up menu. Instead of clicking the button on the Geometrical manipulations toolbar, it is possible to use the alternative approach.
Select the connection that is to be copied.
Position the mouse cursor outside any entity on the screen.
Click the right mouse button to invoke the pop-up menu.
Select
function Copy add data (()).
Follow the final steps of the procedure described above.
There is also an alternative to the above mentioned procedure.
Position the mouse cursor over the connection you want to copy.
Click the right mouse button.
The pop-up menu appears on the screen.
Select
function Copy add data (()).
The function will treat the single entity – the one over which the mouse cursor was positioned when the mouse button was clicked.
Define the target position for the copied connection.
The selected connection is copied into the new location.
If required, select another target positions.
Press [Esc] to and the function.