When a new body is derived from an existing body, it will inherit several key properties:
Name: The name of the source body.
Fluid/Solid: Whether the body is a solid or fluid region. This property applies only to solid bodies.
Material: The material of source body, if defined.
Thickness: The source body's thickness, if it is a surface body.
Cross section: If the source body is a line body and has a cross section defined.
Visibility or suppression status: Defined using the options menu for a selected part or body.
Shared Topology method: Shared Topology method of the source body.
New bodies are usually added to the model as a separate part, meaning they are not grouped in a multibody part. However, if a new body is derived from another body in the model and that source body belongs to a multibody part, then the new body will automatically be grouped into the same part. If the source body does not belong to a multibody part, then the new body is added to the model as a separate part.
However, for Mid-Surface, if multiple surface bodies are created from a single original solid body, then those surface bodies are grouped into a multibody part.
Examples of operations that produce derived bodies include Slice, Boolean, Body Operation (Mirror, Scale, Translate, Rotate, and Copy), and Mid-Surface. Note that the property inheritance and grouping rules may apply only when the derived bodies are first created. Some properties will continue to be inherited during subsequent model updates, but others will not, such as visibility and suppression.
There is one legacy feature in the Ansys DesignModeler application that names new bodies on its own. Winding Bodies created by the legacy feature, Winding Tool are automatically named using the phase name and coil number from the Winding Table. For example, a body name of "A.1" means phase "A", coil number 1. This is just a default name, so if is changed, the modified name will persist.