Modifying a User Feature  

• Creating and Editing a New User Feature
• Creating and Editing a User Feature Created with an Old CATIA Version.

Create and Edit a New User Feature

1. From the Start > Knowledgeware menu, access the Product Knowledge Template workbench.

2. Click the Create a UserFeature icon (). The UserFeature Definition dialog box is displayed. 
   Replace the default User Feature name with Pad2, then select the Assemble.1 object in the specification tree.

3. Click OK to validate. The new User Feature is created and is displayed below the KnowledgeTemplates node.

4. Expand the KnowledgeTemplates node, and double-click Pad2.

5. In the Userfeature definition window, click Change/Update Components. A warning message is displayed:

6. Click Yes. The User Feature and its internal components are highlighted in the specification tree.

7. Click Assemble.1 and Formula.1 in the specification tree to remove them from the internal components list and click Assemble.2. Click OK. Click OK in the warning box. The User Feature is modified.

Edit an Old User Feature

1. Double-click Pad1.

2. In the Userfeature definition window, click Change/Update Components. A warning message is displayed.

3. Click Yes. A new dialog box is displayed indicating that if you edit the User Feature, the published parameters will be lost. Note that in some cases, it is impossible to retrieve all reference components.

4. Click Yes. The User Feature and its internal components are highlighted in the specification tree.

5. Click Assemble.1 and Formula.1 in the specification tree to remove them from the internal components list and click Assemble.2. Click OK. A message displays indicating that some outputs cannot be re-rerouted. Click OK. The User Feature is modified.

Note that when editing existing user features you may need to re-select all the components.