Copying Models and Elements

CenterView provides for copying models and model elements, both internally, in the current CenterView instance, and externally (via export), to another CenterView Instance.

Internal Copy

There are a number of ways of copying models and model elements within a single instance of CenterView.

• In the Analysis Model Panel, right-click on the model to copy and select "Copy Model" from the menu.
• Open any model and select the elements to copy. Right-click on the model view pane and select "Copy Selected Objects" from the menu (or "Copy Object" if you want to copy a single element).
• Drag and drop the elements you want to copy to the Export Configuration Panel and click on the button.

When you copy a subset of a Model (i.e. not the entire model), the following elements are created :

• A copy of the elements with the suffix "_2" appended to the names (or "_3" if "_2" already exists).
• Pipes connecting copied elements to elements that the originals were connected to. note : pipe names will be duplicates of the originals except for input pipes to non copied elements. Pipes connected to non copied elements are created as Not Enabled.
• Pipes connecting copied elements to each other where the originals were linked.

External Copy (Export)

There are a number of ways of exporting models and model elements for import into another instance of CenterView.

• In the Analysis Model Panel, right-click on the model to copy and select "Export Model" from the menu.
• Open any model and select the elements to copy. Right-click on the model view pane and select "Export Selected Objects" from the menu.
• Drag and drop the elements you want to copy to the Export Configuration Panel and click on the button.

When you export elements of a Model (i.e. not the entire model), the export creates :

• A copy of the elements you selected.
• A copy of the pipes linking those elements.
• A stub or empty element representing any (non-copied) model element that is linked by pipe to any of the copied elements.
• Pipes connecting all copied elements to those stubs.

When you import a Model that you have previously exported (for example, if you have exported some elements, made some changes and now want to bring your changes back into your original) the import creates :

• A new element for each of the previously copied elements.
• Pipes linking those elements.
• Pipes connecting newly created elements to those existing elements which were represented by stubs.
  note : these pipes are created with their status set to Not Enabled