Link a Component to a Feature
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Hello Sirs,
I was wondering if there is a way, with Inventor, to 'link' a component (or assembly) with a feature. Example: I have to place a recessed handle on a panel. I'm used to place the correspondent iFeature (with rivets' holes and routing geometries) on the panel, import the handle in the assembly and apply the constraints. I have a moltitude of handles in my catalog (and in my assembly as well) and each one has a different corresponding iFeature; place them one by one is a super time-consuming operation. In my head (I'm here to check if in the reality too) there'd be two ways to overcome this issue:
1st. Link each handle with its iFeature: in this way I'd save the time of placing the iFeature, by just placing its corresponding assembly. The linked iFeature would be automatically placed on the panel.
2nd. Skip the iFeature placing: the holes and recesses are automatically taken off the handle's geometry and extruded on the panel, as if it was an 'adaptive sketch-extrusion'.
Are these 2 ways a real option or just day-dreaming? Does maybe exist a 3rd option I don't know about?
Thank you in advance for your attention,
Riccardo