SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 26: Modeling Multi-bodies

The Keep selections and Remove selections options are equally unintuitive, but they determine

which side of the target body is indented. For example, if the part of the tool body that is outside

of the target body (flat side) were selected instead of the two inside regions, then the resulting part

would look as it does in Figure 26.5, where the tool body has been hidden. You can achieve the

same result by toggling the Keep selections and Remove selections options. These options exist

because sometimes it is difficult or impossible to select the correct areas of a body that is embedded

in another body.

FIGURE 26.5

Using the Keep and Remove selections options

Tip
Also notice that toggling the Keep and Remove selections options means that only one region of the tool body
needs to be selected to create the original result shown in Figure 26.4. n

Move/Copy Bodies and Combine features

The Move/Copy Bodies and Combine features can be demonstrated using the same part. The body
that was used in the previous example to indent the main body is moved and then added to the
main body in this example.

Figure 26.6 shows the starting and ending points of the process, as well as the PropertyManagers

of the two features used to get from one point to the other. Keep in mind that both the Move/Copy

Bodies and the Combine features are history-based features listed in the FeatureManager.