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186 | Chapter 10 Creating Placed Features
Key Terms
Te r m Definition
chamfer A beveled surface between two faces.
combine feature A parametric feature resulting from the union, subtraction, or intersection of a
base part with a toolbody part.
draft angle An angle applied parallel to the path of extruded, revolved, or swept surfaces or
parts. A draft angle is used to allow easy withdrawal from a mold or easy insertion
into a mated part.
face draft A part face that has a draft angle applied to it. Used to create an angle on a face
that will be needed when pulling a part out of a mold.
fillet A curved transition from one part face or surface to another. The transition cuts
off the outside edge or fills in the inside edge. The fillet can have a constant or
variable radius.
hole A geometric feature with a predefined shape: drilled, counterbore, or countersink.
pattern feature A parameter-driven collection of duplicate features. You can create rectangular,
polar, and axial patterns. If you change the original patterned feature, all the
elements in the pattern change.
placed feature A well-defined mechanical shape that does not require sketches, such as a hole,
chamfer, or fillet. Placed features are constrained to the feature on which they are
placed, and they are geometrically dependent.
shell A Mechanical Desktop feature that cuts portions of the active part by offsetting its
faces.
surface cut A feature on a part created when a surface is joined to the solid. Where the
surface cuts the part or protrudes, the part face assumes the curved shape of the
surface. The surface, like other features, is parametric; both the surface and the
part retain their parametric relationship whenever either is modified.