About Redefining Imported Features

You can use the Import tab to redefine features while importing part models or after you import them. The Import tab is a feature creation and redefinition tool that offers a cohesive user interface for many related tasks. To access the Import tab and redefine imported features, select an import feature and click Model > Operations >

Edit Definition or right-click the import feature on the Model Tree and click

Edit Actions: >

The Facet tab opens in addition to the Import tab when you select an import feature that consists of facet features. You can edit geometry using options on the Facet tab before you use options on the Import tab to redefine the import feature.

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 as surfaces, cuts, or solid protrusions.

• Access geometry repair and editing tools, such as 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.

You cannot add geometry from another file when you redefine facet type import features.