{"id":54991,"date":"2017-09-29T23:53:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/54991\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T23:53:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T23:53:52","slug":"54991","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/54991\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: How do I get geometry instances in ANSYS Mechanical from ANSYS Spaceclaim?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">ANSYS Spaceclaim uses components for linked geometry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">When copying in ANSYS Spaceclaim, if you copy bodies, they are independent. If you COPY components, they are linked. So when using the move with CTRL key, you have to select the component, not the body. As far as patterns, these will be linked whether you copy bodies or components. 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