Quick VC question

I know that you can't cut-and-paste VCs from plane to plane as the VC is part of the .mdl file.
However, if you have the source GMAX files, could you copy a VC from one model into another plane of a similar type BEFORE you compiled it into a .mdl file?

However, if you have the source GMAX files, could you copy a VC from one model into another plane of a similar type BEFORE you compiled it into a .mdl file?
