About the Intersection Tab User Interface
Creating a feature in an assembly is similar to creating one in a part. You can only remove material from assembled components. You cannot add material in an assembly. Click the Intersection tab on the feature tab to set visibility options when creating or editing the definition of the feature. The options depend on the value of the advanced_intersection configuration option.
General Options
• Automatic Update—Sets the following actions:
◦ Intersections are automatically updated on regeneration.
◦ All components added to the assembly before the assembly feature will automatically be intersected on regeneration.
◦ No components are removed from the list of intersected components. Components assembled after the intersecting feature is created are not intersected.
This box is checked by default, all components appear in the Intersected Models list. Clear the Automatic Update box to manually remove components from the list.
• Advanced Intersection—Toggles between basic and advanced mode. You can change advanced mode to basic mode when all intersected components have the same display level and no Family Table instances are intersected by the feature.
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 This option is the same as setting the advanced_intersection configuration option to yes for this specific feature. |
• Add Intersected Models—Adds components with the same visibility level automatically to the list.
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If you rename intersected component instances in the Model Tree, you cannot use Add Intersected Models and Automatic Update when you edit the definition of the feature.
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• Settings—Sets the options for all intersections:
◦ Default Display Level—Sets the default display level of the feature in components added to the assembly.
▪ Top Level—Display the intersect only at the assembly level.
▪ Part Level—Display the intersect at the assembly and part levels.
▪ Sel Level—Change the visibility of feature intersections. This options is available only when the advanced_intersection configuration option is set to yes.
◦ Add Instances—Adds the assembly feature to Family Table instances of a selected component. The instances appear in the Family table instances table.
◦ Check Geometry Option—Allows you to create a more stable feature when problem geometry is involved. This option is useful when the accuracy of the assembly components is not the same. The check box sets the option for the entire feature and not individual intersected components.
◦ Show Feature Properties In Sub-Models—Sets the default display of the assembly feature as a feature of the individual components in the Model Tree. This option is only available when the display level is set to Part Level.
Basic Options
When the advanced_intersection configuration option is set to no the following options are available:
• Settings—Sets the regular intersect options:
◦ Set Display Level options allow you to set the visibility level of all parts intersected by the feature when you add them to the Intersected Models list:
▪ Part Level—Makes the new feature visible wherever this version of the part is used, even outside the current assembly. This is similar to creating a feature in an active part in an assembly.
▪ Top Level—Displays the feature only at the top-level assembly and creates instances of intersected parts. Does not create external references.
• Right-click in the Intersected Models list for shortcut menu commands:
◦ Remove—Removes the component from the list.
◦ Information—Opens an information window in the browser.
Advanced Options
When the advanced_intersection configuration option is set to yes or you click the Advanced Intersection check box the following options are available:
• Intersected Models table—Displays a table with the following columns:
◦ Model—Displays the names of the intersected component.
◦ Display—Displays the display level for the component.
◦ Feat Props—Changes the display of the feature in the Model Tree. Click or clear the check box to display the intersection as a component feature in the Model Tree.
• Settings—Sets the advanced intersection options:
◦ The Default Display Level options set the visibility level of components intersected by the feature when you add them to the Intersected Models list:
▪ Part Level—Makes the new feature visible wherever this version of the part is used, even outside the current assembly. This is similar to creating a feature in an active part in an assembly.
▪ Top Level—Displays the feature only at the top-level assembly and creates instances of intersected parts, external references are not created.
▪ Sel Level—Selects the display level for each component added to the Intersected Models list.
• Add Instances—Adds a Family Table instance of the component selected in the Intersected Models list to the Family table instances list. This option is only available when the display level is set to Top Level.
• Check Geometry Option—Creates a more robust feature.
• Show Feature Properties in Sub-Models—Copies a read only feature to the sub-model level.
• Right-click in the Intersected Models list for shortcut menu commands:
◦ Remove—Removes the component from the list.
◦ Information—Opens an information window in the browser.
◦ Add Instance—Adds family table instances of the selected component to the Family table instances list. This option is only available when you create the feature.
◦ Part Level or Top Level—Allows you to change the display level of the component selected.