Part III: Working with Assemblies
Other types of valid in-context relations include in-context sketch planes and end conditions for
extrude features such as Up to Face and Up to Body. Beyond that, you can copy surfaces from one
part using the Knit Surface feature or the Offset Surface feature. I discuss surfacing in more detail
in Chapter 27.Working in-context
When you are working in-context or using in-context data, visual cues offer information about the
part that you are working on. The following topics are meant to help you understand what is going
on while you are working in-context.Text color
When you are working in-context, the FeatureManager text of the part that you are working on
turns blue. This should make it immediately obvious first that you are working in-context, and,
second, which part is being edited.Part color and transparency
You can control the color and transparency behavior of parts in the assembly where a part is being
edited in-context by choosing Tools ➪ Options ➪ Colors page. Figure 16.2 shows a detail of this page.
The option at the bottom of the dialog box determines whether the colors specified in the list at the
top are used or ignored. If they are ignored, the parts are the same colors they would be if you were
not using in-context techniques.FIGURE 16.2Part-color settings for in-context control