Combine steps in one feature

Mustafa.Salaheldin — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:24:20 GMT

Hello
I am new to Inventor, and I want to combine multiple features in one node in the model browser.
I have created a clientfeature called DuPod Feature1, and I want all the following steps (from Work Point 2 until Split 1) to be merged under this node.
I am using Inventor 2026 and C# .Net 8.

Re: Combine steps in one feature

Michael.Navara — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:33:37 GMT

Hi @Mustafa.Salaheldin

Here is the small example how to create ClientFeature.

Usually it is used for features created by API, not for manually created features.

void Main() { var part = ThisApplication.ActiveDocument as PartDocument; var compDef = part.ComponentDefinition; //Assumes there are at least two surface bodies in the part var body1 = compDef.SurfaceBodies[1]; var body2 = compDef.SurfaceBodies[2]; //Crate model features which should be combined in ClientFeature var workPoint1 = compDef.WorkPoints.AddFixed( ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint(0, 0, 0) ); var workPoint2 = compDef.WorkPoints.AddFixed( ThisApplication.TransientGeometry.CreatePoint(0, 0, 0.5) ); var workAxis1 = compDef.WorkAxes.AddByTwoPoints(workPoint1, workPoint2); //Keep input work points at the root of the model tree. workAxis1.ConsumeInputs = false; var workPlane1 = compDef.WorkPlanes.AddByLineAndPoint(workAxis1, workPoint2); var toolBodies = ThisApplication.TransientObjects.CreateObjectCollection(); toolBodies.Add(body2); var combineFeature1 = compDef.Features.CombineFeatures.Add(body1, toolBodies, PartFeatureOperationEnum.kJoinOperation); var body3 = combineFeature1.SurfaceBody; var splitFeature1 = compDef.Features.SplitFeatures.SplitBody(workPlane1, body3); //Create ClientFeature var clientFeatureDefinition = compDef.Features.ClientFeatures.CreateDefinition( "SampleFeature", workPoint1, splitFeature1, null ); compDef.Features.ClientFeatures.Add(clientFeatureDefinition, "YOUR-ADDIN-CLSID-GUID-HERE"); }

Re: Combine steps in one feature

mustafa_bakrE8NT7 — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:33:59 GMT

Thanks @Michael.Navara

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