Creating an Assembly Feature

Assembly feature cuts and holes affect the assembly only; the individual part files are not affected. You specify which components you want the feature to affect by setting the feature scope in the PropertyManager when you create the feature.

To create an assembly feature cut:

1. Open a sketch on a face or plane, and sketch a profile of the cut. The profile can contain more than one closed contour.

2. Click Extruded Cut or Revolved Cut (Features toolbar), or click Insert, Assembly Feature, Cut, then Extrude or Revolve.

3. Set the options as needed in the Cut-Extrude or Cut-Revolve PropertyManager.

To create an assembly feature hole:

1. Click the planar face approximately where you want to create the hole.

2. Click Simple Hole or Hole Wizard (Features toolbar), or click Insert, Assembly Feature, Hole, then Simple or Wizard.

3. Set the options as needed in the Hole PropertyManager or Hole Wizard PropertyManager.

To create an assembly feature pattern:

1. Create an assembly cut or hole.

2. Click one of the following on the Features toolbar:

• Linear Pattern

• Circular Pattern

• Table Driven Pattern

• Sketch Driven Pattern

or click Insert, Assembly Feature, and select one of the following: Linear Pattern, Circular Pattern, Table Driven Pattern, Sketch Driven Pattern.

3. Set options as needed in the PropertyManager.

To edit an assembly feature:

Right-click the assembly feature in the FeatureManager design tree, and select either Edit Sketch or Edit Feature.

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