https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/I-am-using-CREO-4-Part-is-active-I-have-copied-geometry-from/m-p/875286#M129144 <P>Guy's its been 5 to 10 years sense I have log-on to this website. I have no excuses..&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am using CREO 4 and have an assembly open.</P><P>I have 2 parts within the assembly.</P><P>I activated part number (2) from WITHIN the assembly.</P><P>I copy a surface [from] PART 1 [to] PART 2.&nbsp; The Surface in PART 1 is a quilt of which I only need a specific area.</P><P>The surface is copied into PART 2. Good so far...</P><P>The feature in the model tree has a glyph. It looks like 2 sheets of paper. good so far...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In my model tree, I have selected in my Model Tree to show "FEATURE TYPE".</P><P>The problem is when I try to use the FIND/SEARCH function for all "external copied" geometry. I get nothing. I tried numerous selections, only to get nothing.</P><P>I need the FIND/SEARCH function to gather a list so we can work. The number 2 part (.prt) has 1158 features.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Below is a picture of my model tree. There are 2 features highlighted that are "Copied Geometry" from another part file - PART (1).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81959iAFF6FF5AFAD8D7E7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" alt="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" /></span></P><P>The goal is to use the FIND function to get a list of "COPIED GEOMETRY"; I know there are copied surfaces/Quilts, copied Curves, Coped Planes, Copied Datum Points, etc...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks in&nbsp; advance, Dave Maloy</P><P>&nbsp;1 616 990 1704</P><P><A href="mailto:David.maloy@via3ddesign.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David.maloy@via3ddesign.com</A></P><P><A href="http://www.via3ddesign.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.via3ddesign.com</A></P><P><FONT color="headerbuttontrackingcode">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT color="headerbuttontrackingcode">&nbsp;</FONT></P> Sun, 14 May 2023 20:40:42 GMT DAVIDMALOY 2023-05-14T20:40:42Z https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/I-am-using-CREO-4-Part-is-active-I-have-copied-geometry-from/m-p/875286#M129144 <P>Guy's its been 5 to 10 years sense I have log-on to this website. I have no excuses..&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I am using CREO 4 and have an assembly open.</P><P>I have 2 parts within the assembly.</P><P>I activated part number (2) from WITHIN the assembly.</P><P>I copy a surface [from] PART 1 [to] PART 2.&nbsp; The Surface in PART 1 is a quilt of which I only need a specific area.</P><P>The surface is copied into PART 2. Good so far...</P><P>The feature in the model tree has a glyph. It looks like 2 sheets of paper. good so far...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>In my model tree, I have selected in my Model Tree to show "FEATURE TYPE".</P><P>The problem is when I try to use the FIND/SEARCH function for all "external copied" geometry. I get nothing. I tried numerous selections, only to get nothing.</P><P>I need the FIND/SEARCH function to gather a list so we can work. The number 2 part (.prt) has 1158 features.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Below is a picture of my model tree. There are 2 features highlighted that are "Copied Geometry" from another part file - PART (1).</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81959iAFF6FF5AFAD8D7E7/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" alt="DAVIDMALOY_0-1684095887235.png" /></span></P><P>The goal is to use the FIND function to get a list of "COPIED GEOMETRY"; I know there are copied surfaces/Quilts, copied Curves, Coped Planes, Copied Datum Points, etc...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks in&nbsp; advance, Dave Maloy</P><P>&nbsp;1 616 990 1704</P><P><A href="mailto:David.maloy@via3ddesign.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David.maloy@via3ddesign.com</A></P><P><A href="http://www.via3ddesign.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.via3ddesign.com</A></P><P><FONT color="headerbuttontrackingcode">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P><FONT color="headerbuttontrackingcode">&nbsp;</FONT></P> Sun, 14 May 2023 20:40:42 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/I-am-using-CREO-4-Part-is-active-I-have-copied-geometry-from/m-p/875286#M129144 DAVIDMALOY 2023-05-14T20:40:42Z https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/I-am-using-CREO-4-Part-is-active-I-have-copied-geometry-from/m-p/875297#M129145 <P>Since you mention a search for external copy geometry features are you certain that you created an external copy geom in assembly mode? Your description does not&nbsp;explicitly explain if you used the external option when in assembly mode. Try using both filter criteria and you will see a difference in the results returned.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The search tool includes both copy geom and external copy geom filters as shown below.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tbraxton_0-1684127297991.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/81960iFB0E55EE9CE4F067/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="tbraxton_0-1684127297991.png" alt="tbraxton_0-1684127297991.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 15 May 2023 05:09:55 GMT https://www.ptcusercommunity.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/I-am-using-CREO-4-Part-is-active-I-have-copied-geometry-from/m-p/875297#M129145 tbraxton 2023-05-15T05:09:55Z