January 13th, 2008, 07:45 PM
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(I thought you knew how to do this  )
Okay, let's assume you have an assembly open with several parts including Part.1 and Part.2. Part.1 has a surface, and Part.2 has a solid (PartBody) and you want to split the solid with the surface. In other words, you want the surface from Part.1 to be linked as an External Reference in Part.2
Let's also assume you have your Tools+Options set as we mentioned above, and the surface is published in Part.1
Two ways you can copy the surface as an External Reference:
1. The automatic way. With Part.2 as the active part in the assembly, just add the split feature and select the surface in Part.1 This will automatically copy the surface with a contextual link back to Part.1 - the surface is now an External Reference in Part.2
2. The do-it-yourself way. Copy the surface in Part.1 and Paste Special With Link the surface into Part.2. This will make a CCP link, with the pasted surface being an External Reference. Now you can split the solid with the pasted surface.
That's it. If the surface changes in Part.1, the solid in Part.2 will also change.
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