In general, you cannot copy a cloned element to create another cloned element. If you simply copy a clone and paste it elsewhere, the pasted element will not be a clone. The only way to clone an element is to right-click on it and select Clone Element.
Under one circumstance, however, you can create a clone by copying and pasting an element. In particular, you can create clones Sets of elements whose properties change simultaneously when any one member of the set is edited. if you copy and paste a Container An element that acts like a "box" or a "folder" into which other elements can be placed. It can be used to create hierarchical models. that contains clones.
When you copy and paste a Container that contains clones, GoldSim uses the following rules when the Container is pasted:
- If the Container contains at least two elements that are clones of each other (cloned sisters), the pasted Container will also treat those elements as clones. Note, however, that they will not be clones of the elements in the original Container. For example, if Container1 contains elements A and B that are sister clones, and Container1 is copied and pasted (and the pasted Container is named Container2), A and B inside Container2 will be clones of each other, but they will not be clones of the original A and B in Container 1. The rule here is simple: when you copy and paste a Container with clones, under no circumstances can you increase the size of a set of existing clones. You can only make a copy of a set (forming a new set of clones).
- If the Container contains only one clone (with the other clones being outside of the copied Container), the element will not be a clone in the pasted Container.