Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts
- Open a new part using an inch-based template.
- On the Right plane, draw a circle centered at the origin with a diameter of 1.50
inches, and a second circle placed 4.000 inches vertically from the first, with a
diameter of 2.250 inches. - Exit the sketch, and make sure Instant 3D is selected. The Instant 3D icon is on the
Features toolbar, and looks like a ruler with an arrow. Click on the sketch in the
graphics window, and pull the Instant 3D arrow to create a solid. Edit the feature
(right- or left-click the feature either in the graphics window or in the FeatureManager
and click the Edit Feature icon, which is the yellow and green block with a hand pointing
to it). Now enter numbers by hand so that you extrude the sketch 1.000 inch using a
From condition of Offset by 1.000 inch, such that the offset and the extrude depth are in
the same direction. Rename this feature Bosses in the FeatureManager. Figure 7.65
shows the results of these steps.
FIGURE 7.65
The results of Steps 1 to 3Note
These steps produce multiple bodies that will be merged in a later step. Multi-body parts are covered in more
detail in Chapter 26. You can tell that there are multiple bodies by looking at the Solid Bodies folder near the
top of the tree and expanding the folder. The bodies are listed in the folder.n