The Derive and Insert Derive commands let you link design features from one design into another in Fusion. When you update the derived features in the original design, the changes are reflected in the destination design.
Deriving design features is an efficient way to manage common features in multiple designs. Design features that can be derived include:
Design > Solid > Create > Derive
The Derive command pushes and links design features from the active design into a new or existing design. When you update the derived features in the original design, the changes are reflected in the destination design.
You select a single component or a set of components, bodies, sketches, construction geometry, flat patterns, or parameters to derive from the active design.
Design > Solid > Insert > Insert Derive
The Insert Derive command pulls and links design features from another design into the active design. When you update the derived features in the original design, the changes are reflected in the destination design.
You select a design, then select a set of components, bodies, sketches, construction geometry, flat patterns, or parameters to derive into the current design.
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file. If a parameter changes, you change it in a single location, and it updated in all the designs where it is derived.