Is it possible to insert a sketch create in an assembly to a part environment?

Greetings:

Instead of sketching new entities from scratch to create an extrude
cut for a "bottom wire clamp" part, I would like to re-use edges,
create a sketch from the "top wire clamp" and bring it over to "bottom
wire clamp" part.

I can mate the 2 parts and create an extrude cut in assembly
environment; however, the extrusion will cut thru other area in the
top part as well. Also, I am not sure if the cut will update if the
the bottom part has been modified.

What would you do in this case?

Advance thanks for your suggestion and help.

 

Sounds to me like an in-context (top down) application. The idea there is
that you base the parameters of one part on the features of another part.
As the parent changes, so does the child. As far as cutting, one way to
control that is to create your planes where you need them and then convert
edges onto them.

WT

 

If you are trying to build a part using features from another part, not make
an assembly cut, then you need to edit the part you want to modify in the
assembly. Then make a sketch, convert edges from the other part, and make
the cut. Now your cut is part of the part, not part of the assembly.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems