About Multiple Bodies in Sheetmetal Design
Creo 7 introduces a new multibody functionality that requires changes to the top-level user interface, and features, of previous Creo releases. Among these changes:
• When a sheet metal part is active, two tabs are made available:
◦ Sheetmetal—This ribbon contains all sheet metal related tools. Use this ribbon to design a sheet metal body.
◦ Model—This ribbon allows you to model solid bodies and quilts. It also allows you to apply Boolean operations between bodies.
• Consolidated tools such as Extrude, Blend, and Sweep have been adjusted to reflect the context in which they are launched.
In Creo 7, a sheet metal part can have a single sheet metal body and any number of solid bodies.
Use the Convert tool to perform the following conversions:
• Convert a solid part to a sheet metal part using the Convert to Sheet Metal command
• Convert a sheet metal part to a solid part using the Convert to Solid Part command
When converting a solid part to a sheet metal part, the Convert tool Settings drop-down contains three options:
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—Convert a solid body to a sheet metal body by selecting a driving surface.
—Convert a solid body to a sheet metal body by selecting a driving surface.• 
—Convert a solid body to a sheet metal body by hollowing out the inside of the solid.
—Convert a solid body to a sheet metal body by hollowing out the inside of the solid.• 
—Convert an empty solid body to an empty sheet metal body.
—Convert an empty solid body to an empty sheet metal body.To access the Convert to Sheet Metal command, in Part mode, click > > .
To access the Convert to Solid Part command, in Sheetmetal mode, click > > .