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<a xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" name="hj-top"> </a><table xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" class="table1" id="table11"><tr><td><table class="DocHeader"><tr><td class="DocHeader1" colspan="2"><h1>Copy Location and Copy Transformation Examples</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader4" colspan="2"/></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader3"><table class="DocHeaderIntro" id="table12"><tr><td class="Intro1Only"><p class="header"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">This topic provides a comparison of <span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Transformation</span> and 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Location</span> commands.</span>

    
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    <p>Let's take an example. The starting location is the following:</p><p><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyLocationAssemblyTree.png"/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyLocationStart.png"/></p>
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<span class="ph uicontrol">Blue</span> is the parent of 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span>, and 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Green</span> is the parent of 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span>.</li>
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<span class="ph uicontrol">Blue</span> and 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span> have been transformed, with 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Red</span> being their neutral position.</li>
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<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span> is the selected actor to which 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Location</span> or 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Transformation</span> is applied, and 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span> is the target actor.</li>
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<tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e74 "><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyLocationWorld.png"/><br/><span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Location in World Coordinate System</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSObjectAlignCopyLocationWCS.png"/></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e77 ">Moves 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span> to exactly the same location as 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span>.
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<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e74 "><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyLocationParent.png"/><br/><span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Location in Parent</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSObjectAlignCopyLocationParent.png"/></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e77 ">Moves 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span> to the same location relative to its parent (
<span class="ph uicontrol">Green</span>) as 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span> is relative to its parent (
<span class="ph uicontrol">Blue</span>).
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<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e74 "><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyTransformationWorld.png"/><br/><span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Transformation in World Coordinate System</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSObjectAlignCopyTransformationWCS.png"/></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e77 ">Applies the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span> transformation relative to its neutral position (
<span class="ph uicontrol">Red</span>) to 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span>.</td>
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<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e74 "><br/><img class="image" src="../CpsUserImages/CopyTransformationParent.png"/><br/><span class="ph uicontrol">Copy Transformation in Parent</span> <img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSObjectAlignCopyTransformationParent.png"/></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d1676e77 ">Applies the 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Yellow</span> transformation relative to its parent (
<span class="ph uicontrol">Blue</span>) to 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Gray</span>.</td>
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