In Teamcenter you can use functions as Cut , Copy and Paste. However, these options only affect the respective shortcut to an item.
Your home directory is only a view of items inside the data base. What's displayed are only shortcuts to different Items. Hence, you can only edit those shortcuts with Cut , Copy and Paste.
For example, Copy only copies the shortcut to a different folder in your teamcenter directory.
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As a consequence, if you cut an Item with Cut, and don't paste it again, only the shortcut gets lost, the actual file still remains in the data base.
Creating a copy of an existing item in NX
During this tutorial and during exam phases you may need to edit given items. To get editing privileges you need to create a copy of the given item. To do so follow these instructions:
Open the item you are told to edit in NX. For demonstrational purposes search for the item klotz_0a of the Owning Users uebung_et. Please leave Owning Group empty. (Refer to Chapter 2.8 "searching the database"). In NX click File -> Save -> Save As. The window Save Parts As pops up. In this click the dropdown menu and chooseAction -> Save As "New Item" (refer figure "Save Parts As"). Then enter a new name by double clicking Name. A new ID is generated automatically. In Other Parameters, you can choose the directory you want to save in. Confirm by clicking OK.
Now you created a copy of the given item, which you can edit and save.
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