Copy Commands

Meridian provides various commands for copying documents to create new revisions or versions. Each command behaves differently with respect to:

• Revision numbers of the source and copied documents

• References between the source and copied documents

• References to and from the source document and other documents such as subassemblies and parts

• Workflow status of the source document after the copy is made

Each can be useful in different situations depending on the document being copied, the purpose of the copied documents, and your organization’s engineering change process.

The following table summarizes the differences between the Meridian copy commands on the source and copied documents to help you understand which command to use in your particular situation.

Copy commands comparison

Command	Revision Number of Copy	Status of Source	References to/from Source	Reference Between Source and Copy
Initiate a document workflow	Incremented before or after the workflow	Unchanged	Redirected to the copy (new revision)	None
Copy, Copy Document, Copy Multiple, Paste, and Paste Multiple	Unchanged	Unchanged	Unchanged	None
Copy with References	Unchanged	Unchanged	Copied to the copy	None
Derive Document	Unchanged	Unchanged	Unchanged	Derived From/Derived To
Derive with References	Unchanged	Unchanged	Copied to the copy	Derived From/Derived To
Replace Document	Incremented	Retired	Redirected to the copy	Replaced By/Replacement For
Create Project Copy	Unchanged	Unchanged	Copied to the copy	Master Project Copy