Hello Benjamin and welcome to the forum.
The idea behind the cutout feature (merge) is that it removed one part from another.
So the feature you created in the assembly cannot -reference- in the process that was done outside the part file.
Hello Benjamin and welcome to the forum.
The idea behind the cutout feature (merge) is that it removed one part from another.
So the feature you created in the assembly cannot -reference- in the process that was done outside the part file.