Cutting through all components of a sub assembly with combine.

[John.Curtin]

Hello,

I am trying to make a cavity through a sub assembly using the combine tool. I am able to use the rod as a tool but it is only able to cut through one selected body and not the full assembly. Hopefully that makes sense?

Thanks for the help. 

[John.Curtin]

I found a workaround. I broke the link of the sub assembly and was able to combine, cut and keep tool. Did that three times for each component and it worked. 

If there is a better way, I'd be interested. 

Thanks.

[etfrench]

You can't cut linked files directly.  You can cut each linked object using Edit In Place.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Or derive the assembly and make the cut there.

Many thanks!