Copy References in Position

You know the drill: dig through the tree to activate the part holding the geometry you need, select it, copy it, scroll all the way back to the part you’re actually working on, find the right node, paste. On a small assembly it’s mildly annoying. On a real one, it’s a scavenger hunt you repeat every time a reference needs to move. Copy References in Position skips the hunt, pick the source, pick the target, done, same spot in space every time.

What it does

• Position-perfect, every time, a body lands in its new part holding the exact spot it had in the assembly, nothing to nudge or re-constrain afterward.
• Knows a good reference when it sees one, spots the one body that actually makes sense to copy, and only asks you to choose when there’s real ambiguity.
• Looks the part, on sight, give copied geometry its own color, weight, and name pattern so it never gets mistaken for native design work.

How it works

Point at where the geometry should end up, then point at what you want brought over, that’s the whole interaction. Bring in as many references as the assembly needs back to back, back out of the last one if it wasn’t the one you meant, and move on with your day.

Where it fits

Copy References in Position ships with the Professional plan, and it’s the kind of tool you stop noticing you’re using, right up until someone without it spends twenty minutes chasing a reference through a tree you cleared in two clicks. Worth having the moment an assembly has more than a couple of moving parts.

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