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Create Features

Support directly creating point, line, plane, circle, sphere, cone, cylinder, slot and slab features.

Datum can be set after creating the feature:
You can right-click on that feature group in the left-side tree view and select Set as datum. This will set it as the reference for datum alignment, and checking parallelism and perpendicularity in GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing) inspection.

Note

  • By directly creating feature methods (except for From Features ), you can specify features as reference features or measured features; if you Define the Feature as Reference Feature, then you can extract the measured feature to generate feature pairs before importing at least one measured model.
  • After creating a feature, you can edit the reference value in the right Properties panel, and the corresponding deviation value as well as the label will be updated in real time.
  • After creating a feature, click in the right Properties panel to highlight the object in the left tree view and the 3D scene.

Extraction​​

If the created feature is a reference feature, the corresponding measured feature can be extracted automatically or manually.

Note

Except for the From Features method, other creation methods support directly specifying features as reference features or measured features. If you define a feature as a reference feature, after importing at least one measurement model, you can extract the measured feature to generate feature pairs.

  • Automatic Extraction: Enable Auto Extraction of Measured Values via Settings in the upper right corner of the software interface or check Extract Measured Feature in the creation window. The software will automatically extract the corresponding measured feature with default parameters after creating any reference feature.
  • Manual Extraction: After creating a reference feature, right-click the feature group in the tree view on the left, select Extract Measured Feature and specify the measurement model to be extracted; you can specify Align Object in the extraction pop-up window.