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Custom feature referencing a geometry generated by another features?

ben_partouchben_partouch Member Posts: 95 PRO
Hello,

Any recommendations for how to code a feature that can identify, for ex. pockets made by a specific extrude, and move translate the faces created by that extrude?
The idea is that instead of heaving to select all these pockets, the custom feature will select all faces (or other geometry) created by a specified feature.  

Hopefully that makes sense.
Thank you.
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    S1monS1mon Member Posts: 2,366 PRO
    Take a look at Selection fillet from @Evan_Reese for how to create an intelligent parametric selection like that.
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    ben_partouchben_partouch Member Posts: 95 PRO
    @S1mon Thank you, and @Evan_Reese
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    Evan_ReeseEvan_Reese Member Posts: 2,066 PRO
    Glad it's helpful! I'm sure there are smarter code structures to use, and I'd probably write that differently today, but the ideas should be the same. I also recommend just reading through every single type of query in the standard library documentation to get ideas for the kinds of logic you could use. My feature doesn't do them all. 
    Evan Reese / Principal and Industrial Designer with Ovyl
    Website: ovyl.io
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