FEATURE-BASED MERGING FOR MULTI-USER CAX

A system for collaborating on a component according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a computing device that has a processor and a memory storage device. The processor is configured to execute a first multi-user computer-aided technologies (CAx) environment that has a data module and a comparison module. The data module is configured to access at least one database corresponding to a component design. The component design has a plurality of features each corresponding to a group of feature types, and each of the plurality of features establishes a respective spatial boundary. The comparison module is configured to cause a first feature and a second feature of the plurality of features to merge into a resultant feature of the component design in response to determining that the spatial boundary of the first feature and the spatial boundary of the second feature share a common interface.