Creating a User Feature

You can create a User Feature which is a template that works at the part level. From a collection of features (geometry, literals, formulas, constraints, etc.), you can create your own feature. The result is a Part Design feature or a Shape Design feature that can be reused in the design of another part .

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Instantiating a User Feature From a Representation, From a Selection, and From a Catalog

  1. Create a 3D Shape Representation identical to the one below.



    Note: Datums features that cannot be calculated cannot be inputs of User Features.

  2. Click and select Knowledgeware > Templates > Product Knowledge Template workbench.

  3. Click User Feature . The User Feature Definition dialog box is displayed. Replace the default User Feature name with a new name, Pad2 in this example, and select the components that will make up the User Feature in the specification tree. The dialog box looks like the one below:



  4. Right-click on the Assemble.2 object in the Selected components section and click on the Add all authorized inputs as shown here below:



  5. Select the Inputs tab and click Point.2

  6. Select any of the available inputs and click either on or icons to reorder the selected one. Point.2 is now placed under Point.3.



  7. Click OK in the dialog box. The Pad2 User Feature is added to the specification tree.

  8. Save your file in the database.

    Note: If you are a DS Passport customer, you can read the articles QA00000005128, QA00000005126, QA00000005125, QA00000005123, QA00000005122.

Note: When creating the User Feature, you can add a link between the User Feature instance and its references. This link enables you to open the representation containing the User Feature reference using a contextual menu on the User Feature instance .

By default, this option is enabled. If you want to disable it definitively, select the Properties tab in the User Feature Definition window and uncheck Set Reference/Instance link in the Instantiation field.

The link between the User Feature instance and its reference can be seen using Edit > Links&Relations or the Impact Graph. When working with a User Feature instance, the contextual menu enables you to open the User Feature reference.