I can copy the mesh. But the problem is I only want to copy the mesh pattern but not the real constant associated with the source area. Because the area that will be recieving the mesh has different thickness with the source area. With MSHCOPY, both the mesh and real constant are copied. Do you how or which command to copy only the mesh pattern?
real set 1 you say is being used for both, but you want real,1 for the original mesh and real,2 for the copied mesh. All you need to do is copy the mesh as you have done but then:
1) select the newly created elements after the mshcopy command and then
2) go to Main Menu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Move / Modify>Modify Attrib
or
issue the emodif command
3) and modify the real constant set to real set 2 for the copied elements