How to copy components that are linked with an offset plane

When you copy components across stories and these components take their height settings from an offset plane, the way these components behave depends on the type of offset plane used:

• When you use the clipboard to copy components that take their height settings from an offset plane that applies to all stories, the components automatically adapt to the corresponding plane in the other story or project. Consequently, the components automatically take their height settings from the new plane.
• When you copy a component that takes its height settings from an offset plane that applies to all stories to a structural level where there are no offset planes (for example, foundation or building), the offset plane remains in the height definition of the component copied.
• When you use the clipboard to copy components that take their height settings from a single offset plane to another story, this link will be copied together with the components, which might not produce the effects that you want to achieve. In these cases, you can assign an offset plane that applies across stories or change the height settings of the components by linking the top levels with a default plane and entering offset values.
• When you use the clipboard to copy a drawing file with a single offset plane from a building structure to another building structure, you must assign the offset planes to the components again.
• Think of a multilayer wall, where you define the insulation layer so that the top level of this layer is linked with the bottom level of the next story, thus skipping the slab. When you copy these walls across stories, the top and bottom levels of this layer are based on the same plane; consequently, the insulation layer is not visible.