To Insert an Import Feature as a Subtractive Solid
1. Open a part that consists of solid geometry and click > > 
Import.
Import. | If you select a coordinate system in the existing part before you click > > Import, you can insert the imported feature with reference to the selected coordinate system. |
2. Set Type in the Open dialog box to the file type of a part that consists of at least a single closed quilt or surface.
3. Browse and select the part with the closed quilts or surfaces.
4. Click Import. The File dialog box and the Import tab open.
| | You must 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 click Details and modify the current import profile settings. You can also set some of these options in the File dialog box.
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, Exclude Content, 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 feature or click 
Datum > 
to create an asynchronous coordinate system.
Datum > to create an asynchronous coordinate system.| | The imported feature is placed at the default location or at the placement coordinate system you selected in the existing part model before you clicked > > Import. |
10. Click 
on the Import tab to remove geometry from a solid body of the existing part and create a cut feature in the existing part model.
on the Import tab to remove geometry from a solid body of the existing part and create a cut feature in the existing part model.11. Select a solid body of the existing part in the Bodies folder in the Model Tree. You can verify the selection of the solid body in the Body Options tab.
12. Click 
OK on the Import tab to subtract solid geometry from the body of the part and close the Import tab.
OK on the Import tab to subtract solid geometry from the body of the part and close the Import tab.