[Resolved] Components somehow connected after copy/paste?

Component Modeling
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I created a short conveyor composed of the generic VC conveyor pieces with an “Incline / Decline” conveyor in the middle.

I then copy/pasted it to use it in other places on the layout.

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However - any time I change any properties on the new incline/decline piece, it also changes on the original.

For example: editing ConveyorHeight on the copied component, it changes also on the original. I don’t want the original to change (it doesn’t seem to be the case on the generic conveyor pieces, just the incline/decline part).

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Question: What is keeping these copies connected and how to disconnect them? I don’t want to re-import the piece each time and configure it again.

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That’s a concept called “feature tree sharing” that’s used to optimize file size. Default behaviour is that components with same VCID share everything in their geometry feature trees even when property of one component is different.
In the below video I show the steps how to disable that for a specific clone of a component, if you are using Professional or above. Here’s also a help documentation article on the concept. Making component unique or shared

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Thanks so much Kusti, makes sense and super explanation! :+1: