About Redefining Imported Features

You can use the Import tab to redefine imported features. The Import tab is basically a feature creation and redefinition tool that offers a cohesive user interface for many related tasks. To access the Import tab and redefine the imported features, select or right-click an import feature on the Model Tree or the graphics window and click

on the mini toolbar that appears or click Model > Operations >

Edit Definition.

The Import tab allows you to perform the following tasks while redefining the imported features:

• Reload the source files to update the imported features or replace the geometry of the imported features with geometry from another file.

• Modify or replace the embedded profiles saved with the models with profiles from the working directory or the folder set as the value of the intf_profile_dir configuration option.

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 when you redefine the imported features, the changed settings do not affect the reload of the source files or the redefinition of the imported features.

• Select or asynchronously create a coordinate system as the placement reference or place the redefined features at the default location of the model.

• Add or subtract from the solid geometry of the existing part and represent the redefined geometry of the standard import features as surfaces, cuts, or solid protrusions.

The solid feature options to create solid protrusions, surfaces, and cuts are not available for facet import features.

• Access geometry repair and editing tools, such as the Import DataDoctor (IDD) or the facet editing tool depending on the geometry type of the imported feature whether facet, curve, or standard geometry.

• Optionally display the original and new geometry for comparison when you reload the source file or modify the imported geometry using IDD. You can only display the original geometry or display both the original and the new geometry with the original geometry superimposed on the new geometry.

• Automatically and manually match the reference entities of the original and the redefined geometry.