Smart Components in Autodesk Inventor. Automatic holes in other parts

[valdas_kulikajevasYW7SV]

I have a predefined part with holes and I want to drag and drop it to Assembly, so that it would create predefined holes into mated parts automatically.

In Solidworks this is done via "Smart Components" feature. I wonder if similar feature exist in Autodesk Inventor?

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[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! There isn't an exact equivalent workflow in Inventor. The closest workflow is called Copy Objects (adaptive bodies). You may edit the other part in place -> go to Modify tab -> expand it -> Copy Objects -> pick the "tool" part -> set the output as associate surface. Then use Sculpt or Split to create the desirable features.

Many thanks!