Copying components in an assembly

[harralk]

I'm working on assembling the tracks of a bulldozer. I have oneset of the tracks complete and combined in a group, but I want to copy the entire track over to the otherside without re-inserting every individual component. I've tried copy/paste and component operations, and nothing is letting me copy the entire group. Isn't there a simple way to select the entire group and copy the whole thing with just an offset distance?


Thanks in advance

 

[robertib]

I would suggest patterning the group with a direction & offset

 

[skraba]

If that's possible, it's better to create subassembly of the complete set of tracks and than assemble it again at new location. To ease creating of subassembly, you can create subassembly, then use Restructure and move the tracks to the newly created subassembly. When you're done, repeat assembly of this subassembly by using Repeat command or assemble from disk.


This way tracks will always stay "in one piece" and you can redefine them easily in the assembly.