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 Natural Shape part.

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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 Natural Shape (Direct Edit command) feature.

Notes:
  • Select Not specified to define the default values on parts outside of the available industries.
  • The Information about the Industrial Context dialog box is always available.
  • If no industry has been specified, you can click Specify upon selecting your Natural Shape part at any moment.
  • 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.