About Reloading the Geometry of Imported Features
All imported features, except the imported features of legacy, retain their links to the source files. The source file names and their locations are stored with the imported features. The Import tab displays the name and location of the source files. You can reload source files that are currently in use or change the source files to replace the geometry of the imported features with geometry from the new files.
You can reload the source file of an imported feature as follows:
• Reload the data of the source file in use without changing the import profile options and update the import features with changes from the source files.
• Select a different import profile. Alternatively, modify the settings of the embedded profile stored with the part and reload the current source file with these new settings when the initial import of the geometry is not correctly configured.
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 While most changed profile settings are applied during the reload of geometry, profile options such as Use templates, Import type, and Enable ATB are valid only during the initial import of the models. If you reset these profile options, the changed settings do not affect the reload of the source files. |
• Reset the layer filters in the Layer Import Options dialog box before you reload the source file as the import features do not store the layer filter settings.
• Reload the source file to update the imported feature if you modified the source file after the initial import.
• Change the source file to replace the geometry of the imported feature with geometry from the new file.
While you can replace entire import features with geometry from other source files, you cannot selectively replace the geometry of the import features. You also cannot selectively add geometry to the import features. You cannot also change the geometry type of the imported features when you reload their source files. Reloading the source files of ATB-enabled features to update geometry is equivalent to performing the ATB Update command.
When you reload source files that consist of standard import features, all geometry from the files selected for replacement create new nodes in the Geometry and Topology Structure (GTS) tree. You can click
on the
Import tab to access Import Data Doctor (IDD) and edit the geometry of the new nodes in IDD.
To replace geometry, you can remove the entities in the original geometry before you add new geometry from the new nodes in IDD as follows:
• Delete redundant and unwanted data from the new nodes.
• Delete the original surfaces to replace them with new surfaces.
• Sew the newly added surfaces into the old quilts as required.
When the import features consist of facets, the
Facet tab opens in addition to the
Import tab. You can edit facet features using options on the
Facet tab. To reload the source file or further redefine features, you can use options on the
Import tab after you exit the
Facet tab. To edit facet features after you redefine them, you can click
on the
Import tab to enter the
Facet environment and use the facet editing options.
When the import features are ATB-enabled, the edited changes are lost when you update the models using ATB. Therefore, before you edit the reloaded geometry of ATB-enabled import features, you must make sure that the import features are not ATB-enabled.
You can, by default, display the new or modified geometry and optionally display the original and the new geometry for comparison. The reference entities of the original and the new geometry are automatically matched and reference pairs created to maintain downstream child features. However, if you are warned about incomplete reference pairs, you can select Options > Reference Pairs Matching on the Import tab and use the Reference Pairs dialog box to complete matching the reference entities.