Add Material with a Library Feature

General

Start modeling a new part with a boss library feature, or add a boss library feature to an existing part in the working window.

• You can position a library feature using its handle. The feature's handle will snap to a face, a line, or a point on a line. Before positioning the library feature, you can rotate it, if necessary.
  • Add Material with a Library Feature
• A library feature that has been added to a part has no associativity to the original library feature, which means that the changes made to the library feature will not affect the library feature used in the part.
• You can edit the geometry of the library feature using the values in the dimension table.

Add a boss library feature as follows:

1. Start adding the feature:
   • Select the ribbon bar function Part | Library Feature | Boss or
   • Select the context-sensitive function Library Feature > Boss.
   • The program opens the browser from Libraries > Features > ...
2. Find the feature from the feature library.
   • Browse the feature library Browse - Archive.
3. Select the feature you wish to add
   • Double-click a feature or
   • Click a feature and select the context-sensitive function Select.
   • The program opens the dimension table of the feature, if there are variables in the feature.
4. Determine the dimensions of the feature using the dimension table.
   • Select the appropriate dimension table row if the feature dimensions are locked.
   • Enter the required dimensions for the variables.
   • If necessary, you can start the context-sensitive function Select from model for any variable
5. Select OK.
6. If the part has no geometry yet, the program will ask whether to add the feature as a part or a feature.
   • If you select as a part, the feature's entire modeling history is imported into the part and the location of the feature is not asked.
   • If you select as a feature, you will be prompted to click the location of the feature.
7. Select a surface, line or point of the part as the location of the feature.
   • Click a surface, line, or point on which to place the feature.
   • If you add a feature to an empty model, place it at the origin of the part model by entering the coordinates 0,0,0 in the global coordinate system.
   • The program switches to sketching mode.
8. If necessary, add copies of the feature with the context-sensitive function: Add Feature Copy.
   • Click locations for the copies.
   • Stop adding copies by selecting Confirm (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK).
9. Position the feature and the copies of the feature with constraints.
10. Confirm adding the features:
    • Select Sketch | Return OK or
    • Select the context-sensitive function OK.