Replacing a Body

When performing a Replace operation on a Body, the features that are replugged on the replacing Body are the features that referenced the replaced Body directly and not one of its components.

This task shows you how to replace a trimmed body with a basic body. As this basic body is not trimmed, during the operation you will have to redefine the Union Trim operation.

Open the ReplaceBody.CATPart document.

  1. Select Body. 3 as the body to be replaced.

  2. Right-click and select Replace....
    The Replace dialog box is displayed.

  3. Select Body.4 as the replacing body.
    Note that:

    • replacing bodies cannot be used for previous Boolean operations. 

    • they can belong to the Part under study or to an external part.

  4. A Replace Viewer windows displays to help you select the replacing face. Select Face/Pad.3/Body.4 as the replacing face, directly from the geometry. Once the replacing face has been selected, a green arrow appears on it.

  5. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box.
    Body.3 has been replaced with Body.4.