After each start of a clone process ProMassOperations checks the initial object. When a clone process was already performed before, the user can decide between starting a new one or continuing an existing one.
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To continue a clone process is recommended in the following cases:
Repetition of a clone process after process error (columns error is marked).
Only part of the structure has been cloned before, because
the subordinate assembly was cloned before the superior hierarchy
an assembly, which has been imported shall be cloned subsequently
the engineering BOM was cloned before the production BOM. The BOM must not have the same structure.
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