What is a good approach for creating a derivative casting and machined pair. I have been creating a separate casting model (part) and then inserting the casting into a new part to create a machined model. This works well until I want to create a derivative casting requiring a new casting part number. I can open the casting part and do a 'save as' to capture my new design intent, but I am not aware of a way to create a derivative machined part (new part number) that starts with my prior machined part to save redoing many of the common features from the prior machined part design.
Any ideas?
Blair
Why not use part configurations?