About Inserting Imported Features in Existing Part Models

You can click Model > Get Data >

Import to import and insert geometry from foreign source files into existing part models. The Import tab that opens when you select a part allows you to customize the import feature before you insert the import feature into an existing part.

You must set the import feature type for the selected part model before you use options on the Import tab to customize the import features. You can set Import type to Geometry, Facet, or Curve or retain the default data type of Automatic in the import profile or the File dialog box. For formats that support Associative Topology Bus (ATB), the Enable ATB option shows default selection in the import profile and the File dialog box. Therefore, the geometry is inserted as ATB-enabled import features by default.

The Import tab allows you to perform the following customizations:

• Modify the import profile settings and reload the data with these new settings when the initial import is not correctly configured.

When you modify the import profile settings, you must make sure that you do not reset the Import type and the Enable ATB profile options that were set during the initial import of the part model. If you reset these options, the changed settings are not valid and they do not affect the reload of the source files.

• Customize the layer import and filter layers to exclude or hide redundant data that is organized on layers in the selected file.

• Retain the coordinate system reference in use, select another coordinate system, or asynchronously create a coordinate system as the placement reference for the imported geometry in the existing model.

• Insert the imported feature as a non-solidified quilt or surface or a solid protrusion in the existing model or remove geometry from the existing solid model.

• Use Import DataDoctor (IDD) to close any imported quilt that is open before creating and inserting protrusions and cuts.

• Use the Facet Editing tool to wrap the point cloud data before creating triangulations while importing the point cloud data as facet features.

You are automatically placed in the Points, Wrap, and Facet editing environments when the file selected for import consists of point cloud data or facet features.