Basic Concepts: Industrial Context

The industrial context identifies the domain in which you create your model (for example, power train or body in white) and thereby defines industrial specifications for fillet radii, chamfer distances and angles, and draft angles. Specifying the right industrial context is important for automatic fillet recognition but you may not systematically want to choose a context when creating a Direct Design part.

See Also
Converting Geometry in a Direct Design Feature

You must specify the industrial context only when you:

  • Import geometry from another app (Apply Industrial Context command). You will therefore not be able to upgrade the industrial context.
  • Convert Part Design features to a Direct Design (Direct Design Feature command) feature.

To display information about the industrial context, click Direct Design Industrial Context from the Direct Edit section of the action bar.

Note: Selecting an industrial context may have an impact on fillets, chamfers, and drafts that may be downgraded if their specifications are not suitable for the selected context.