Copying Subsystems
Group copying is used to create new subsystems in your one-line by starting with a system that already exists. You might want the names of the new subsystems to mirror the names in the original system, with some minor changes.
For example, suppose you have the system names T5/9927, T5/9928, and T5/9929, and you want the resulting names in the copies to be:
- T6/9927, T6/9928, T6/9929 (first copy)
- T7/9927, T7/9928, T7/9929 (second copy)
To do this:
- Open the clipboard by clicking Tools > Options > Options Dialog > Clipboard.
- Under ID Name Assignment for Copies, ensure Append variable text to original's name is selected.
- Under Variable Text, select Alphabetic (A,B,C...).
- In Prefix, type a unique character such as #, and then click OK.
- Select the system you want, and use the methods described in Group Copy to create two copies of the subsystem. After the copying is done, you will have the names:
- T5/9927#A, T5/9928#A, T5/9929#A (first group)
- T5/9927#B, T5/9928#B ,T5/9929#B (second group)
- Select the items in the first subsystem, click
Change and then click ID Name. - In Replace these characters, type T5/.
- In With these characters, type T6/.
- Repeat step 3 for the second subsystem, except in With these characters, type T7/.
- Select all of the subsystems together. The easiest way to do this is to use the
Select pointer and drag a rectangle around the subsystems. - Click Change and then click ID Name.
- Under Replacement Type, ensure Character replacement is selected.
- In Replace these characters, type #*>, and leave With these characters blank. Click OK.
Note: The characters ?!\"%&,^ cannot be used here.
Note: You must first make a selection of items for the Change ID Name command to be available.
This deletes the "#A" and "#B" characters from the names, leaving only the names:
- T5/9927, T5/9928, T5/9929 (original)
- T6/9927, T6/9928, T6/9929 (first group)
- T7/9927, T7/9928, T7/9929 (second group)
