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Promotions Terminology
Create Mold Cavity
Now that the block and part are positioned correctly, the next step is to promote them so they
can be worked on at the assembly level without affecting the geometry in the component part
file.
Choose the Modeling icon from the Application toolbar or choose Application
Modeling (if necessary).
Choose the Promote Body icon or choose Insert Feature Operation Promote .
The Promote Body dialog is displayed and you are prompted to select the bodies to be
promoted.
Choose the part and the block from the graphics area, choose OK .
Notice that the Status line confirms that two bodies have been promoted.
Cancel the Promote Body dialog.
The next step of this lesson is to use the outer surfaces of the cone-shaped body to remove the
same volume of material from the block.

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This process will create the cavity of the mold, and will keep its associativity with respect to
the component part file. The promotion of these bodies are what makes this possible.
Before you continue, use the Assembly Navigator to change the Reference Set of both
components to Body .
With the cursor over one of the components, use MB3 Replace Reference
Set BODY.
Repeat for second component.
Choose the Trim Body icon or choose Insert Feature Operation Trim.
The Trim Body dialog is displayed and you are prompted to select the body to be trimmed.
Choose the block for the target body, then choose OK to accept.
Next, you are prompted to select the faces for the Trim Body operation.
Choose the bottom flat face of the cone for the first face, then OK .

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The face is highlighted and a direction vector is displayed.
Choose the outside conical face for the second face.
Choose OK to signal that you are done selecting faces.
Notice there are two direction vectors displayed in the graphics area. These vectors are used
to indicate which side the material will be removed from.
To create the bottom half of this mold, you need to remove the material from the inside of the
cone, not the outside as currently indicated by the direction of the arrows.
Choose Reverse Default Direction to complete the operation.
Choose Cancel to dismiss the Trim Body dialog.
In order for this assembly to retain its associativity to the part component, the component link
needs to stay intact. However, the part geometry should be removed from the display to avoid
confusion.
Set the reference set of the component advasm_mold_part to Empty .
The mold cavity has been created.

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Promotions Terminology
Review of Assembly Level Features
Up to this point you have created an assembly with two components. After these bodies were
promoted, you were able to work with them just as if you were working in the component part
file.
Keep in mind that all work done on these bodies within the assembly (i.e. the assembly as the
work part) is stored in the assembly part file, it is not reflected back to the component part
file.