Working on Features

You can define a features to your geometry using Features section commands. You can also modify an existing feature.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Open a geometry to start defining features to it.

Perform Basic Math Operations

You can specify the linear and angular values while defining a feature for your geometry and can perform the basic math operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on these values.

  1. From the Features section of the action bar, click a feature that you want to apply to your geometry.
  2. In the dialog box of selected feature, specify a numeric input for linear and angular values such as Distance, Thickness, Degree of angle, or Number of instances and so on.
    You can add an equation or perform basic math operation on the input values. For more information, see Equations.
  3. To reverse a directional value of a feature, specify a negative numeric input.
    Note: If you provide numeric input values along with their units, a system converts the input values to the default unit set in the application. You can provide input values having following length, angle, and matric units:

    Length unit

    Angle unit

    Metric unit

    m (Meter)

    in (Inch)

    ft(Foot)

    yd (Yard)

    mi (Mile)

    Angstrom

    Mil (thousand of an inch)

    li (Link - 66/100 of a foot)

    rd (Rod - 16th1/2 feet)

    ch (Chain - 66 feet, 22 yards, 100 links or 4 rods)

    rad (Radian)

    deg (Degree)

    grad (Gradian)

    Cycle

    arcsec (Arcsecond)

    arcmin(Arcminute)

    da (Deca-1e1)

    h (Hecto-1e2)

    k (Kilo-1e3)

    M (Mega-1e6)

    G (Giga-1e9)

    T (Tera-1e12)

    P (Peta-1e15)

    E (Exa-1e18)

    Z (Zetta-1e21)

    Y (Yotta-1e24)

    d (Deci-1e-1)

    c (Centi-1e-2)

    m (Milli-1e-3)

    u (Micron-1e-6)

    n (Nano-1e-9)

    p (Pico-1e-12)

    f (Femto-1e-15)

    a (atto-1e-18)

    z (Zepto-1e-21)

    y (Yocto-1e-24)

Deactivate Features

While working in modeling, you can deactivate a particular feature to remove it from the current model view instead of deleting it from the model.

  1. In the Design Manager tree, right-click the feature that you want to deactivate.
    A context toolbar appears.
  2. From the context toolbar, click Deactivate . For more information, see Context Toolbars
    The feature disappears from the model view and appears as gray in Design Manager tree.
    Note: When you deactivate a parent feature, it deactivates all its child features along with the parent features itself. If you deactivate a sketch feature in Design Managertree, it deactivates all the model features present in the tree. Whereas, deactivating an individual child feature deactivates only that child feature.

Activate Features

You can activate a deactivated feature to retain it in the current model view.

  1. From the Design Manager tree, right-click the deactivated feature you want to activate.
    A context toolbar appears.
  2. From the context toolbar, click Activate . For more information, see Context Toolbars
    The feature reappears in the current model and appears as active in Design Manager tree.
    Note: When you activate a parent feature, it activates only that parent feature and excludes all the child features. If you activate a sketch feature in Design Manager tree, it activates only itself and excludes all the model features present in the tree. When you a child feature, it activates itself along with a parent feature.