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Part I: Introducing SolidWorks Basics
FIGURE 1.17
Using a different order of features for the same part
Figure 1.18 shows a comparison of the FeatureManager design trees for the two different feature
orders. You can reorder features by dragging them up or down the tree. Relationships between fea-
tures can prevent reordering; for example, the fillets are dependent on the second extruded feature
and cannot be reordered before it. This is referred to as a Parent/Child relationship.
Cross-Reference
Reordering and Parent/Child relationships are discussed in more detail in Chapter 12.
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FIGURE 1.18
Compare the FeatureManager design trees for the parts shown in Figure 1.16 and Figure 1.17.
On the DVD
The part used for this example is available in the material on the DVD, named Chapter 1 — Features.SLDPRT.
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The order of operations, or history, is important to the final state of the part. For example, if you
change the order so that the shell comes before the extruded cut, the geometry of the model changes,
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