Multibody Parts

Contents

• Multibody Overview
  

  Part documents can contain multiple solid bodies.

• Organizing Solid Bodies
  

  In the FeatureManager design tree, you can organize and manage solid bodies in several ways.

• Hiding and Showing Bodies
  

• Mates in Multibody Parts
  

  In multibody parts, you can precisely place bodies using mates.

• Multibody Parts Versus Assemblies
  

  Multibody parts should not replace the use of assemblies.

• Materials and Multibody Parts
  

  For a multibody part, you can apply a material to the entire part, which affects all bodies in the part, or to one or more individual bodies.

• Modeling Techniques
  

• Exploded Views in Multibody Parts
  

  An exploded view in a multibody part shows the solid bodies spread out, but positioned to show how they fit together.

• Feature Scope in Multibody Parts
  

  For some features in multibody parts, you specify which bodies you want the feature to affect.