" copy " in component name

[Al Hart]

We have some logic in SpaceDesign which does not treat components which differ only after a # sign in the name as unique. (This combines components which may have had "make unique" applied, but which have the same attributes except the component name.)

However, we also have logic which treats names which are the same only after the 6 characters ' copy ' in the name. Unfortunately I forgot to add a comment when I added the check for ' copy '.

Does anyone know how a component is created, (inadvertantly), with the word ' copy ' in the name? (Perhaps when you load a component from the 3D warehouse which has a sub-component in it with a name you have already used?)

[thomthom]

Don't think I've noticed " copy ". When you make unique or add a component with the name of an existing SketchUp adds "#n" (where n is a number)

[Jim]

Dynamic Components have a Copies behavior that, when set to > 0 adds another Component and appends "copy ###".

[Al Hart]

@jim said:

Dynamic Components have a Copies behavior that, when set to > 0 adds another Component and appends "copy ###".

Thanks for the reminder. That was it.

Needs to become:

Its too bad they didn't use something more unique than ' copy ', so it wouldn't look the same as a component with 'copy' already in the name.