In an attempt to keep a part from being modified I have an engineer that started a part with an imported body. There are many modification of the imported part (Cuts/extrudes/fillets).
Now this engineer has come to a point where they need to modify the base part. Is there a way to replace the 1st "imported3" step with a new body? Or is there a way to move features on an imported body?
Do you have the updated base part? If yes then save that as IGES/Parasolid etc. Now right click the imported body and select edit feature. A browse window will open using which you can select the updated base file (iges/parasolid etc.). Before replacing/updating the base part, do make a copy of the current file that engineer is working on (save with a different name)
Not sure if you would get the feature/sketch/etc. failing errors due to the changes but those should not be hard to fix.