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title: "Creating objects"
slug: "creating-objects"
updated: 2025-12-07T11:52:10Z
published: 2025-12-07T11:52:10Z
canonical: "help.sovelia.com/creating-objects"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sovelia.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating objects

You can create an object from scratch, clone (copy) and existing one or use a special menu function.

## **From scratch**

- Click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-2RM86DNW.png) -icon.
- Select object type.
- Enter mandatory attributes (bolded) and desired additional attributes.
- If you are creating an object (document, product document, drawings,…) that requires a file select the ***Files*** tab and drag & drop or browse for the file.
- Click ***New***.

If you are creating a file based object you can also start by selecting the file first ![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-CTG1G5I3.png).

Sovelia will filter the typetree to show only types that allow the format of the selected file.

## Cloning (copying)

When you clone an object the links are also cloned. (Only links not the linked objects.) You can edit the structure after cloning,

- Select ***Clone*** from the object menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-1650877753958.png)
- Edit the information on the object card.
- Click ***New***.

## Cloning a structure

This function lets you define how the structure of the cloned object is formed.

In the same operation you can ***clone***, ***remove*** or ***reuse*** objects in the structure.

The *Clone Structure* operation has presets and rules built in. They may make predefined selections based on the type of object you are cloning. Also the options you can select may be based on object types or attributes. For example, usually you are only allowed to reuse or remove *Standard Components* used in the structure.

- Select Clone Structure from the menu.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-1682060868765.png)

Launching the structure clone

- Define how to clone the structure
  - ***Reuse*, *clone* or *remove*** objects from the structure.
  - ***Clone with children*** clones the selected object and everything (that can be cloned) in its structure.
  - Click ***Start operation*** to carry out the clone.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-1682061798632.png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image-1682062771575.png)

## **Using a menu function**

Special functions are available on object card and sheet menus. The available functions depend on object type. Typically the functions create an object and link it to the object it was initiated from.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/managing-objects-image-ia7htq1f.png)

Menu functions may also be setup to use templates objects. These are commonly file based document templates but can also be item, ECO or any other kind of object templates.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image(719).png)

![](https://cdn.document360.io/b4de53ee-d7ea-47b4-9a73-8323e3c9c14c/Images/Documentation/image(720).png)