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Merge Rowan Patents Figures into a Different Rowan File
Merge Rowan Patents Figures into a Different Rowan File

If you've already drafted the figure(s) you need, here's how to reuse them in another file without having to merge the whole application.

Laura Berwick avatar
Written by Laura Berwick
Updated over a year ago

This article covers the following topics:

  • Merging One or More Figures with the Sheets Panel

  • Merging Individual Figures with the Sheet Sorter

Merging One or More Figures with the Sheets Panel

  1. Open your source file and your target file.
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  2. Open the Drawing Tool for both files.
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  3. Open the Sheets panel in the left-hand sidebar for both files.
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  4. Click, Ctrl+Click (Cmd-Click for Mac users), and Shift+Click to select the thumbnail(s) provided in your source file Sheets panel for the figure(s) you wish to merge into your target file.
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  5. Click the drag handle to the left of a selected thumbnail and drag your selected figure(s) to the Sheets panel for your target file.
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  6. Hover in the area where you wish to insert the figure(s) to reveal an insertion bar at that location.
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  7. When the insertion bar appears, release the mouse to drop the figure(s) there.
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    ​Your figures along with all text in their associated specification sections will be inserted at the desired point in your application. Reference numerals in autonumbered figures will be automatically updated to reflect the appropriate part numbers in both the figure(s) and specification section(s).
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    ​Note that the quickest way to reuse ALL figures in Rowan .rp file may be to merge that content in at the file level. All figures and their descriptions in the source file can be automatically brought into the target file.

Merging Individual Figures with the Sheet Sorter

  1. Open your source file and your target file.
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  2. Open the Drawing Tool for both files.
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  3. Open the Sheet Sorter view in both files.
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  4. Click and drag the desired figure thumbnail in the source file Sheet Sorter, and drop it onto the Sheet Sorter in your target document. A blue line will indicate the point where your figure will drop.
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    Associated specification content and terms will be merged along with the figure.
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  5. Click the Drawing Tool tab in the lower left corner to return to the first sheet of figures. Click the figure number icon to go to that figure in the Drawing Tool view.
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    You can edit, delete, or otherwise modify the figure in your target document as desired using the Drawing Tool. No link is maintained to the source object; changes in the target document will not be reflected in the source.

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