Summary: In an assembly, with derived components suppressed, be able to use them and the other components to make workplanes and create new parts that are parametric and will update as the original parts change.

Description: I would like to have "Body as a work surface" as an option in a component derived from an assembly.

How Used: With some parts in a Component Derived from an assembly turned off, and others as Body as a Work Surface, I would create a part that fits into that assembly and updates accordingly. Also, I would be able to turn visibility off for that work surface, whereas I can't now turn off visibility for Features in a Component Derived from an assembly - I can only suppress the feature, which I do not want to do because I'm using that geometry.

Feature Affinity: Assemblies

Submitted By: Mike Mix on February 20, 2007