Symbols menu: Symbol Manager: Clone Symbol

To clone a symbol, select Symbol Manager on the Symbols menu, choose a symbol, then click Clone.

Clone symbol creates and edits a copy of an existing symbol definition. For instance, you may require a symbol definition that is slightly different than one already in your drawing. Instead of going through the process of inserting the similar symbol, exploding it, modifying it, and then redefining it, you can do everything in one step.

Type in a name for the new symbol and press ENTER.
CC3 then asks you to create a new drawing window by displaying the prompt: "New window corner:". Pick a point of the screen. CC3 then displays the "Opposite corner:" prompt. Select another point to finish creating the new drawing window. You can resize the drawing window by dragging the border of the window outward, or make it full screen by choosing the maximize icon $image\ICN_Max.gif$ on the title bar.
You can now perform regular draw and edit operations as if this were a normal drawing. When you are done modifying the symbol definition, choose the exit icon $image\ICN_Exit.gif$ on the title bar.

CC3 displays an alert box that tells you to verify the changes. If you choose the Yes button, the new symbol definition will be saved within the drawing. You can now draw symbol references using the Symbol Catalog.window. If you choose the No button, then the clone will still be saved, but any edits you may have performed will be ignored. Either choice will close the symbol window.

Note that UNDO will not remove a symbol clone. If you wish to remove a symbol clone, use the DELETE SYMDEF command.

Text equivalent: CLONESYM