Working With Library Features

Contents

• Adding Library Features That Include References
  

  You can add a library feature to a part by dragging the library feature from the Design Library to the part. You can also drag a library feature and place it on a plane.

• Adding Library Features That Do Not Include References
  

  You cannot add a library feature to an assembly. However, while editing a part in the context of an assembly, you can add a library feature to the part.

• Inserting Library Features on a Plane
  

  You can drag library features to a plane, or anywhere in the graphics area. If you drag a library feature to the graphics area, you are prompted to select a plane. You can also pre-select the plane.

• Inserting Library Feature Profiles
  

• Positioning Form Features
  

  You can position forming tools on sheet metal using sketch tools.

• Dissolving Library Features
  

  After the library feature is inserted into a part, you can dissolve (break down) a library feature into the individual features it contains.

• Viewing Previews of Library Features
  

  When you save a library feature (.sldlfp) or a forming tool (.sldprt), the thumbnail graphic is saved in an isometric view, zoomed to fit, with a white background.

• Adding Color to Library Features
  

  You can add color to a library feature document (.sldlfp), or to a library feature in a target part.

• Editing Library Features
  

  You can change which features are included as part of a library feature in the library feature part document (.sldlfp).

• Library Features and Links
  

  Selecting or clearing Link to Library part under Configurations determines the behavior of the library feature and the relation to the parent part.