[cgma-dev] copying iGeom entities in occ...

[Tim Tautges]

One case I can think of where this happens is in preparation for certain boolean operations (e.g. subtract with option 
to keep the original), you don't want the attributes on the body being subtracted from the other.

- tim

On 08/06/2014 02:10 PM, Paul Wilson wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> On 08/06/2014 09:08 AM, Patrick Shriwise wrote:
>> As for the topic at hand, my naive opinion is that attributes on the original should never be removed and transferring
>> these attributes should be optional in both cases. I can't think of a scenario in which you would expect data do be
>> deleted from the original upon copying it. It sounds like this may be the case, but its buried pretty deep? Is that
>> right, Paul?
> I agree.  There must be something more complex happening that we don't see/understand.  It seems strange to ever delete
> the attributes from the original entity when making a copy.
>
> Paul
>

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