You can replace an imported feature with geometry from a new file.
To edit a feature created from an imported document:
If you had added features to the imported body before selecting
Edit Feature, SOLIDWORKS attempts to rebuild these features whenever possible.
For example, this STEP file contains an imported feature. You need to add a feature to the imported body.
- Select the bottom face of the imported body.
- Click Chamfer .
The Chamfer PropertyManager appears.
- Under Chamfer Parameters, make the desired settings and click OK .
The imported body now shows the additional chamfer feature on the bottom face.
- Right-click Imported1 in the FeatureManager design tree and select Edit Feature.
A message box appears warning that this feature has a parent/child relation or is being referenced.
- Click OK.
The Open dialog box appears.
- Select the STEP file and click Open.
The STEP file opens with the imported body. The chamfer feature that you added to the imported body is rebuilt. You did not have to rebuild this feature that you had added to the imported body before selecting Edit Feature.