Duplicating, not copying, components

[Torontoww]

I made a kitchen cabinet back panel and made it a component. Then much later I forgot I already had that component and made some new ones from scratch with the exact same geometry. Is there a shortcut to make these new ones the same components as that first one so they all have the same name or do I have to erase them now and copy over that component? I know I can just make them components with new, but close sounding names, like back panel B or 2, but I'd rather have the same name.

[Pilou]

Select your old component

Menu Component
In Model
Right Click on the image of your new component
Replace selected

If i good undestand , that is not sure!

[Torontoww]

That worked, but it gave the old component the name of the new component not the other way around, so I just undid it and did it the other way around and it named it like I wanted it to. So, I guess you choose the component with the name you don't want to have first.

Thanks!

[Dave R]

Noel, indeed, if you want the newer components to be the same as the old one, you would select the new ones in model and in the Components browser, right click on the thumbnail for the old one and choose Replace Selected.

[jgb]

Another way, but a bit more complex, is to open the file with the "wrong" components in it.
Then bring in the proper component from your library, just one copy is needed.

Move it close to one "wrong" component or a copy of it.
Copy the proper component to the clipboard.
Open to edit the "wrong" component and delete all its entities. Basically you want an empty bounding box, but you may elect to keep 1 or 2 lines of the old entities for alignment purposes.

Paste-in-place the proper component and move it into its correct position, now inside the "wrong" components bounding box. Then explode the proper component. The "wrong" component is now fixed, retaining the old name and attributes. Close the component and delete the copy you brought in.