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. Using Interference Detection for Multibody Parts You can use interference detection between bodies in multibody parts. This is helpful when checking that weldments are trimmed properly and before using Simulation tools. Parent topicParts and Features