Modeling Techniques Contents Body Intersection For the body intersection multibody technique, you use the Combine feature and its Common option. Bridging Bridging is a commonly used technique in a multibody environment. Bridging creates a solid that connects multiple solid bodies. Local Operations You use local operations when you want to perform operations on certain portions of a multibody model, but not on others. Symmetry Modeling Symmetry modeling simplifies the creation of axis-symmetric parts and also speeds performance for these types of parts. Tool Body Modeling Use tool body modeling to create complex multibody tools to remove material from a solid body, or add complex shapes to geometry. Parent topicMultibody Parts Multibody Overview Organizing Solid Bodies Hiding and Showing Bodies Mates in Multibody Parts Multibody Parts Versus Assemblies Materials and Multibody Parts Exploded Views in Multibody Parts Feature Scope in Multibody Parts Using Interference Detection for Multibody Parts