1. Chapter 4 Creating Placed Features

2. Chapter 4 - Objectives
After completing this chapter, you will be able to perform the following:
Create fillets
Create chamfers
Create holes
Shell a part
Add face draft to a part
Create work axes
Create work points
Create work planes
Create a UCS
Pattern features

3. Fillets Fillets add material Rounds remove material Fillet dialog box
Constant
Variable
Setbacks
Face
Full Round
Edit fillet’s type & radius

4. Fillets Constant Tab Select Edge and Radius
Same radius from beginning to end
Single set or multiple set
Select Edge and Radius
Preview image
Select Mode
Edge
Loop
Feature
All Fillets
All Rounds

5. Fillets Constant Tab More options Roll along sharp edges
Rolling ball where possible
Automatic edge chain
Preserve all features

6. Fillets Variable Tab Different start and end radius Edges Point Radius
Position
Smooth Radius Transition

7. Fillets Setbacks Tab Transition from a vertex
Three or more filleted edges meet at a vertex
Fillets can have different radius

8. Fillets Face Fillet Select two or more faces
Faces do not need to be adjacent
Consume features

9. Fillets Full Round Fillet tangent to selected faces Select three faces
Faces do not need to be adjacent

10. Chamfers Chamfers Beveled edges Interior & exterior edges
Single or multiple selection
Edit type or distance
Method
Distance
Distance and Angle
Two Distances

11. Chamfers
Chamfers
Method
Distance
Distance and Angle
Two Distances

12. Chamfers Chamfers Edge and Face Edge Chain and Setback
Flip
Distance and Angle
Distance
Angle
Edge Chain and Setback
Edge Chain
Setback
Preserve All Features

13. Exercise 4-1
Creating Fillets and Chamfers

14. Holes Holes Hole Type Holes dialog box Drilled Counterbore Spotface
Countersink
Hole Type
Simple Hole
Tapped
Clearance Hole
NPT
Holes dialog box
Placement
Size
Drill Point
Termination

15. Holes Holes Placement Concentric From Sketch On Pont Linear
Select Face
Circular Face or Edge
On Pont
Work Point
Positioned to an axis, edge or work plane
From Sketch
Hole Center
Sketched Entities
Linear
Select Face
1st Reference Edge
2nd Reference Edge

16. Hole Tapped / NPT Hole Thread Type Size Designation Class Diameter
Full Depth
Left Hand
Right Hand

17. Holes
Clearance Hole
Standard
Fastener Type
Size
Fit

18. Exercise 4-2
Creating Holes

19. Shelling Shelling Thin walls (thickness)
Remove material (scooping out)
Hollow inside
Shell dialog box

20. Shelling Shelling Remove Faces Thickness Direction
Inside
Outside
Mid-plane
Unique Face Thickness
Different thickness
Specific face thickness
More button
Troubleshooting: In the case of shelling failures, first try reducing the thickness (much smaller value). Second: remove complex modeling features that can be applied later (such as variable radius fillets or complex fillets with corner blends)

21. Exercise 4-3
Shelling a Part

22. Face Draft Face Draft Feature that applies an angle
Internal or external face
Face Draft dialog box
Fixed Edge
Fixed Plane
Pull Direction
Direction
Flip
Faces
Arrow displayed & direction
Draft Angle

23. Face Draft Face Draft Fixed Edge Fixed Plane Pull Direction
Select near edge to start draft
Fixed Plane
Select planar face or work plane
Flip plane if needed
Select planes to apply draft

24. Exercise 4-4
Creating Face Drafts

25. Work Features Work Features Special construction features
Help position & define new features
Parametrically attached
Types
Work Planes
Work Axes
Work Points
Different situations
In Line work features may also be created to assist in the construction of other work features such as work axes and planes (i.e. creating work points in the context of the work plane feature to help in construction)
This is also reflected in the Browser structure

26. Work Axis Creating a Work Axis Acts like a construction line
Infinite in length
Axis of rotation
Create a Work Axis
Click a cylindrical face
Click two points
Click a linear edge
Click a work point or sketch point and a plane or face
Click two nonparallel planes or faces to create a work axis at their intersection
Click a work point and a surface to create a work axis that is normal to the surface and passes through the work point
Click a point or work point and a linear edge to create a work axis that goes through the point and that is parallel to the edge
The 3d move/rotate tool in the graphics screen allows the user to directly interact with it. For most situations, the user should be able to use just the 3d move/rotate tool and the context menu to get the job done.
The 3d Move/Rotate functionality for grounded work points is only available in the Part Environment and not in the Assembly Environment (unless activating a part in place)
The increment in which the 3d tool snaps is set in the Document Settings -> Modeling tab

27. Exercise 4-5
Creating Work Axes

28. Work Points Creating Work Points Grounded Work Point
Positioned in 3D space
Not associated
Remains in the specified location
3D Move/Rotate dialog box
The 3d move/rotate tool in the graphics screen allows the user to directly interact with it. For most situations, the user should be able to use just the 3d move/rotate tool and the context menu to get the job done.
The 3d Move/Rotate functionality for grounded work points is only available in the Part Environment and not in the Assembly Environment (unless activating a part in place)
The increment in which the 3d tool snaps is set in the Document Settings -> Modeling tab

29. Work Planes Creating Work Planes
Understand when you need to create a work plane
Rectangular plane
Parametric
Larger than the part
Edited and deleted like any other feature
Methods – many solution
Visual Syllabus

30. Work Planes Creating Work Planes Types of Work Planes Angled 3-points
Edge and face normal
Edge and tangent
Offset
Point and face normal
Point and face parallel
Tangent and face parallel
Tangent and edge or axis
3-points
2-edge or 2-axis
Through line endpoint, perpendicular to line
Normal to arc at a point on the arc
Normal to a spline or work curve at a point on the spline or curve
Midway between two parallel planes

31. UCS User Coordinate System
Use like work plane
Place on existing geometry
Position with absolute coordinates
No limit to the number of UCSs
Constrain UCS to UCS
Contains
3 planes
3 Axes
Center point

32. Feature Visibility Control visibility of Planes Axes Points
Construction surfaces
Sketches
UCS
Turn off visibility of individual objects

33. Exercise 4-6
Creating Work Planes and a UCS

34. Patterns Patterns Duplicate the feature multiple times
Distance or angle
Types
Rectangular and circular
Suppressed
Child - parent relationship
Editing

35. Patterns Rectangular Patterns Rectangular pattern dialog box
Direction 1
Direction 2
Options - More button
Start
Termination
Orientation

36. Patterns Linear Pattern Pattern Along a Path
Helix, ellipse, spline, series of curves
2D or 3D
For the most predictable results when patterning along a path, have the path start at the location and alignment of the feature being patterned.

37. Patterns Circular Patterns Circular Pattern dialog box Placement
Creation Method
Positioning Method
Flip
For the most predictable results when patterning along a path, have the path start at the location and alignment of the feature being patterned.

38. Exercise 4-7
Creating Rectangular Patterns

39. Exercise 4-8
Creating Circular Patterns

40. Exercise 4-9
Creating a Pattern Along a Nonlinear Path

41. Applying Your Skills
Skill Exercise Skill Exercise 4-2

42. Checking Your Skills
True_ False_ When creating a fillet feature that has more than one selection set, each selection set appears as an individual feature in the browser.
In regard to creating a fillet feature, what is a smooth radius transition?
True_ False_ When you are creating a fillet feature with the All Fillets option, material is removed from all concave edges.
True_ False_ When you are creating a chamfer feature with the Distance and Angle option, you can only chamfer one edge at a time.
True_ False_ When you are creating a hole feature, you do not need to have an active sketch.
What is a Point, Center Point used for?
True_ False_ A part may contain only one shell feature.
When you are creating a face draft feature, what is the definition of pull direction?
True_ False_ The only method to create a work axis is by clicking a cylindrical face.
True_ False_ You need to derive every new sketch from a work plane feature.
Explain the steps to create an offset work plane.
True_ False_ You cannot create work planes from the default work planes.
True_ False_ A UCS can only be placed on existing geometry.
True_ False_ When you are creating a rectangular pattern, the directions along which the features are duplicated must be horizontal or vertical.
True_ False_ When you are creating a circular pattern, you can only use a work axis as the axis of rotation.