Check out this great video about Multi-Body Design.
Presenter: Lino Tozzi and Ryan Butcher
Date Presented: February 16, 2021
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Webcast Q&A from Tyler: Is this applicable for Creo 4.0? The meeting invite said Creo 7.0. Are all topics in this series new with Creo 7.0 or only this one?
Answer: Multibody is new beginning with Creo 7.0. All future topics will cover capabilities that are in Creo 3.0 and beyond.
Webcast Q&A
Question from Davis: Is all of this only available in Creo 7? Creating Multi-bodies with a part creates external references?
Answer: Yes
Webcast Q&A
Question from Douglas: Are bodies equivalent to parts in Windchill?
Answer: Only Creo Parts create a link to Windchill parts.
Question from Douglas: So bodies are akin to a feature?
Answer: Yes, they are a collection of one or more features to apply other actions to. Assign material, assign appearance, shell a single body, or apply a boolean operation to it to transform the geometry of your model.