Geometry Copier

Copy published interfaces from equipment into a Creo skeleton as independent references.

Geometry Copier is the Creo Automate command that copies published interfaces into a skeleton. You select a source assembly (equipment) and a target skeleton; Copier creates copy geometry (or independent datums) so large-assembly practice is generated instead of rebuilt by hand.

There is no web catalog. You run Geometry Copier on an active assembly in Creo. Publisher lives in Geometry Publisher — Publisher declares the interface; Copier consumes it.

Who does what

Role	Where	What they do
CAD manager / library owner	Creo — Geometry Publisher	Open the library part or assembly and publish the interfaces Copier should copy. See Geometry Publisher.
Engineer	Creo — Geometry Copier	Select equipment and a skeleton, then copy published interfaces into that skeleton.

Publisher vs Copier

Geometry Publisher tags geometry on the source model. Geometry Copier copies those published features into a target (typically a skeleton) as independent references. Do not use Copier to declare interfaces on a library model — that is Publisher.

What you can copy

The dialog is a dual tree: the source assembly on the left, the skeleton on the right. Right-click a component on the left to copy into the selected skeleton.

Command	What it copies
Copy Component Placement	Creates a placement CSYS in the skeleton for that component, without copying published geometry yet.
Copy Geometry	Published datums and quilts, curve groups, surface groups, custom publish geometry, cabling segments and networks, and pipe solids. Creates a placement CSYS first if the component does not already have one.
Copy Bodies	Published solid bodies for the selected component.
Copy All Children	Copy Geometry and Copy Bodies for every descendant of the selected component.

When you cannot write publish features on the source, the skeleton-side cascade can copy selected geometry or solid bodies as user-defined copies. That is a Copier workaround, not Publisher.

Settings

Organization admins change these under Organization → Settings. Full list: Settings for Automate (Skeletons).

Setting	What it does
Copier - Create Copy Geometry Features	When true (default), Copier creates copy geometry features for every published item. When false, it creates independent datum features per item instead.
Copier - Reference Method for Copy Geometry Features	How Copier references the source. Use Published Geometries (default) uses the publish geometry feature and falls back to original geometry if it cannot. Reference Original Geometry never uses publish geometry. Force Published Geometries copies only from proper publish geometry features. Parent: Copier - Create Copy Geometry Features.

Schema updates

When you select equipment, if any source models are behind the current CadActive publisher schema, Geometry Copier opens Update Schema for Models:

Select models to update to latest publisher schema.
If models arent updated they can't be copied using this tool.

{n} models found

Checked models are updated so Copier can copy them. Unchecked models stay on the old schema and cannot be copied with this tool. Publisher can also update schema on the source model itself — see Geometry Publisher.

What is not Geometry Copier

Geometry Publisher is Standardize. It declares interfaces; it does not copy them into a skeleton.
Model Templates and Model Builder create blank models from a template. They do not copy published geometry.
Designator names assembly components. Copier can show designations in its trees; it does not set them.
AutoAssemble and Auto Export are other Automate tools. They do not copy published interfaces.
Module automation (for example cabling auto-routing) may build skeletons with Copier internally. That workflow is licensed with the module, not documented here.
There is no Geometry Copier web page and no Geometry Copier CLI action.

In this section

Copy Geometry — copy published interfaces into a skeleton in Creo.