To Insert a Solid Protrusion in a Part

1. Open a part that consists of solid geometry and click Model > Get Data >

Import. The Open dialog box opens.

If you select a coordinate system in the existing part model before you click Model > Get Data >

Import, you can insert the imported feature with reference to the selected coordinate system.

2. Set Type to the file type of a part model that consists of at least a single closed quilt or a surfaces.

3. Browse and select the part model with the closed quilts or surfaces.

4. Click Import. The File dialog box and the Import tab open.

You must first select options in the File dialog box before you proceed to use options on the Import tab.

5. Retain the import profile in use or select a saved import profile from the Profile list. Click Details to modify the current import profile options to customize the import. You can also set some of these options in the File dialog box.

You can set the Topology > Solidify closed volumes option in the import profile to Yes to create the solid protrusion.

6. Set Geometry as the Import type or retain the default selection of Automatic, depending on the file type of the selected model.

7. Click Customize layer filter and set the import status of layers with redundant data to Blank, Skip, or Ignore in the Layer Import Options dialog box if you want to hide or exclude the redundant data.

8. Click OK in the File dialog box.

9. Select a coordinate system as reference to place the imported surfaces or click

Datum >

to create an asynchronous coordinate system.

The solid protrusion is placed at the default location or at the placement coordinate system you selected in the existing part model before you clicked Model > Get Data >

Import.

The following options to represent the imported geometry as solid protrusions, surfaces, or cuts are available on the Import tab:

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—Imports the geometry as solids when the imported geometry consists of closed quilts. You can insert the imported geometry as a protrusion when the existing part model consists of solid geometry.

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—Imports the geometry as solids when the imported geometry consists of closed quilts. You can insert the imported geometry as a cut feature in the existing model when the existing geometry consists of solid features.

These options are not available when the imported geometry does not contain closed quilts.

10. If the imported quilts are not closed, click

to enter the Import DataDoctor (IDD) environment and use the editing tool to close the quilts.

11. Click

to import the geometry as a solid and create a solid protrusion on the existing model.

12. Click

on the Import tab to insert the solid protrusion to the part and quit the Import tab.