Chapter 5Creating Basic Features

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Features covered• Extrude Boss/Base Feature• Extruded Cut Feature• Revolve Boss/Base Feature• Revolved Cut Feature• Rib Feature• Fillet, FilletXpert, Chamfer• Sketch Text• Dome Feature

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Extrude Boss/Base Feature

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Where to start the extrusion

Where to end the extrusion

Can extrude in a second direction

Can extrude from a thin feature or a contour

Add a draft to the part

Can choose the angle of extrusion

From• Sketch Plane

– The plane of the sketch• Surface/Face/Plane

– Can choose any face• Vertex

– Can choose a point for reference to start

• Offset– Can enter a quantity to offset from

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Direction 1/Direction 2• Blind

• Extrudes a specified distance• Through All

• Goes through all bodies• Up To Next

• Extrudes to the nearest feature• Up to Vertex

• Up to a specified point• Up to Surface

• Can choose a surface to extrude to• Offset from Surface

• Can set a distance from a selected surface

• Up to Body• Similar to surface, but can choose a whole object (body)

• Midplane• Extrude in two directions with the current plane set as center

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Draft• You can use a draft to add an angle

to the extrusion

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Contours vs. Thin Feature• 2 Contours

• 3 Contours

• Thin Feature

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Thin Feature• One direction• Midplane• Two-direction

– Sets the thickness of the extruded feature

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Extrude Cut Feature

• All options are similar to extruded boss/base

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Revolve Boss/Base Feature

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Axis of revolution

Where to end the extrusion

Can extrude in a second direction

Can revolve from a thin feature or a contour

Revolve Cut Feature

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Rib Feature

• 1st make a new plane• Make either an open or closed

sketch

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Fillet/FilletXpert

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Fillet Types• Constant Radius

– Entire fillet has a constant radius• Variable Radius

– Radius varies• Face fillet• Full round fillet

– Rounds off bosses or ribs

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Chamfer

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Dome Feature

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