Essentials Section

The Essentials section of the action bar contains the most used commands. These commands are segregated in different containers.

This page discusses:

Wireframe Container
Solid Container
Hole Container
Thickness Container
Transformations Container
Split Container
Refine Container
Boolean Container
Structure Container

Wireframe Container


	Positioned Sketch Creates a positioned sketch. See Creating a Positioned Sketch.
	Natural Shape Creates a Natural Shape feature. See Natural Shape User's Guide: Creating Shapes: Creating Simple Shapes.
	Point Creates a point. See Creating Points.
	Line Creates a line. See Creating Lines.
	Plane Creates a plane. See Creating Planes.
	Axis System Creates an axis system See Defining an Axis System.

Solid Container


	Pad Creates a pad from an open or a closed profile. See Creating Pads.
	Pocket Creates a pocket in a 3D shape from a profile. See Creating Pockets.
	Shaft Creates a shaft by rotating a profile about an axis. See Creating Shafts.
	Groove Creates a groove by rotating a profile about an axis. See Creating Grooves.
	Rib Creates a rib by sweeping a profile along a center-curve. See Creating Ribs.

Hole Container


	Thread/Tap Creates a thread or a tap of specified standards. See Creating Threads and Taps.
	Hole Creates holes in a 3D part. See Creating Holes.

Thickness Container


	Close Surface Closes a surface. See Creating Close Surface Features.
	Thick Surface Adds material to a surface in two opposite directions. See Creating Thick Surfaces.
	Shell Empties a feature by removing material, while keeping a thickness on its sides. See Creating a Shell.
	Stiffener Creates a brace or a rib, to a wall or a stand-off to strengthen it. See Creating Stiffeners.

Transformations Container


	Rectangular pattern Creates multiple instances of a object, in a rectangular pattern. Select the object to be replicated. Select the direction and enter the parameters such as instance(s), length, and spacing, to configure the pattern. See Creating Rectangular Patterns.
	Circular Pattern Creates multiple instances of an object, in a circular pattern. Select the object to be replicated. Enter the parameters such as instance(s), total angle, and angular spacing, to configure the pattern. See Creating Circular Patterns.
	User Pattern Creates multiple instances of a feature, at specified positions. See Creating User Patterns.
	Mirror Mirrors a body or a list of features using symmetry of a face or a plane. See Creating Mirror Features.

Split Container


	Split Splits a body using a plane, face or surface. See Creating Splits.

Refine Container


	Edge Fillet Creates a fillet of a constant or variable radius that is tangent to and joins two surfaces. See Creating Edge Fillets.
	Chamfer Creates a chamfer by adding or removing a flat section from a selected edge to create a beveled surface between the two original faces common to that edge. See Creating Chamfers.
	Draft Creates a constant or a variable draft based on a neutral element. See Creating Basic Draft Features.

Boolean Container


	Assemble Assembles different bodies to create a complex geometry. Select the bodies to be assembled. See Assembling Bodies.
	Add Unites a body with another body via a Boolean operation. Select the bodies to be added. See Adding Bodies.
	Remove Removes the material of the first body which is common with the second, from the latter via a Boolean operation. Select the bodies to be separated. See Removing Bodies.
	Intersect Computes a Boolean intersection operation. The material resulting from an intersection operation between two bodies is the material shared by intersecting bodies. Select the bodies to be operated on. See Intersecting Bodies.

Structure Container


	Body Inserts a new body. Inserting a New Body.
	Geometrical Set Inserts a geometrical set. Managing Geometrical Sets.