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228 | Chapter 10 Creating Placed Features
To create a combined feature
1 Use
AMCOMBINE to create a combined feature, responding to the prompts.
Context Menu In the graphics area, right-click and choose Placed
Features Combine.
Enter a parametric Boolean operation [Cut/Intersect/Join] <Cut>: Enter j
Select a part (toolbody) to be joined: Specify TOOLBODY_1
The parts are combined into one part.
2 Look at the Browser. Expand the Combine1 icon nested under
COMBINEFEAT_1. TOOLBODY_1 has become a combined feature and is
no longer a separate part definition.
Save your file.
Editing Combined Features
Combined features can be modified by changing the assembly constraints
controlling the base part and the toolbody, by editing the base part, or by
making changes to the toolbody. Youll learn more about combining parts
and editing toolbodies in chapter 17, Combining Parts.