Contents


Feature modeling
1. Feature modeling
2. Select a feature
3. Constructing synchronous features using the Select tool
3. Constructing synchronous features using the Select tool
3. Constructing synchronous extruded features using the Select tool
4. Constructing features using the feature construction commands
5. Sketch-based synchronous features
5. Sketch-based synchronous features
5. Constructing revolved synchronous features
5. Constructing revolved synchronous features
5. Revolve command
5. Revolve command bar
5. Revolved Protrusion command bar
5. Constructing revolved features using the Select tool
5. Construct a revolved extrusion: base feature
5. Construct a revolved extrusion or cutout: subsequent features
5. Radiate command
5. Radiate command bar
5. Edit the radius of a face
5. Move a group of faces radially along a direction
5. Constructing lofted synchronous features
5. Constructing lofted synchronous features
5. Lofted Protrusion command
5. Lofted Protrusion command bar
5. Lofted Cutout command
5. Lofted Cutout command bar
5. Construct a lofted protrusion or cutout
5. Cross sections
5. End Conditions
5. Guide Curves
5. Vertex Mapping
5. Applying Draft Angle and Crowning to features
5. Applying Draft Angle and Crowning to synchronous features
6. Profile-based ordered features
6. Profile-based ordered features
6. Profile-based feature workflow
6. Defining feature extent
6. Multiple profiles
6. Open profiles
6. Drawing ordered profiles
6. Drawing ordered profiles
6. Draw a profile
6. Define the profile plane
6. Select a profile from a sketch
6. Component Edge Locate command
6. Change part edge locatability
6. Constructing revolved ordered features
6. Constructing revolved ordered features
6. Revolve command
6. Revolve command bar
6. Revolved Cut command
6. Revolved Cut command bar
6. Axis of Revolution command
6. Define an axis of revolution
6. Construct a revolved extrusion or cutout
6. Define the extent of a revolved feature
6. Construct a revolved feature with an existing centerline axis
6. Constructing lofted features
6. Constructing lofted ordered features
6. Constructing helical features
6. Constructing helical features
6. Helical Protrusion command
6. Helical Cutout command
6. Helical Cutout/Protrusion command bar
6. Helical command bar
6. Helix Options dialog box (synchronous environment)
6. Helix Options dialog box (ordered environment)
6. Construct a helical protrusion in the synchronous environment
6. Construct a helical protrusion or cutout in the ordered environment
6. Construct a helical cutout
6. Move or edit a helix
6. Applying Draft Angle and Crowning to ordered Features
6. Applying Draft Angle and Crowning to Features
6. Treatment Options dialog box
6. Crown Parameters dialog box
6. Crown Parameters dialog box (synchronous)
7. Swept features
7. Constructing swept synchronous features
7. Constructing swept synchronous features
7. Swept Protrusion command
7. Swept Protrusion command bar
7. Sweep Options dialog box
7. Using the Sweep Options dialog box
7. Construct a swept protrusion or cutout
7. Comparing swept, lofted, and BlueSurf features
7. Cross sections
7. Defining a locking axis
7. Path Curves
7. Tips for path and cross section creation
7. Using Sketches
7. Constructing swept ordered features
7. Constructing swept features
7. Swept Protrusion command
7. Swept Protrusion command bar
7. Sweep Options dialog box
7. Swept Cutout command
7. Swept Cutout command bar
7. Construct a swept protrusion or cutout
7. Solid Sweep Protrusion command
7. Solid Sweep Cutout command
7. Solid Sweep Cutout command bar
7. Construct a Solid Sweep Protrusion
7. Construct a Solid Sweep Cutout
8. Working with multi-bodies
8. Multi-body modeling
8. Multi-body modeling
8. Sheet metal design bodies
8. Add Body command
8. Add a body
8. Add Body dialog box
8. Activate Part Body command
8. Activate Assembly Body command
8. Toggle Design/Construction Body command
8. Toggle a solid body type
8. Multi-bodies in PathFinder
8. Multi-body cutouts
8. Rename a design or construction body
8. Show Body Features command
8. Show Body Name command
8. Show All Design Body command
8. Hide All Design Body command
8. Show All Ordered Body command
8. Hide All Ordered Body command
8. Multi-body publishing
8. Multi-body publish
8. Multi-body Publish command
8. Multi-body Publish dialog box
8. Publish a multi-body part
8. Manage published files
8. Open a multi-body published file
8. Rename a multi-body published file
8. Find a missing multi-body published file
8. Update the link for an out-of-date published file
8. Recreate a published multi-body part
9. Emboss features
9. Emboss features
9. Emboss command
9. Emboss command bar
9. Emboss Options dialog box
9. Emboss a body
9. Edit the thickness value of an emboss feature in the synchronous environment
9. Dynamically edit an emboss feature in the synchronous environment
9. Edit an emboss feature in the ordered environment
9. Dynamically edit the clearance or thickness value in the ordered environment
10. Embossed text features
10. Embossed text features
10. Creating profiles with text
10. Creating features with text
10. Using the Text Profile command
10. Place text as a profile
10. Edit a text profile
10. Format property text values
10. Text dialog box
10. Text Profile command bar
10. Text profile anchor points
11. Decals
11. Applying decals to models
11. Decal command
11. Decal command bar (Planar projection)
11. Decal command bar (Label)
11. Decal Options dialog box
11. Apply a decal to a model
11. Edit the location of a decal
12. Holes
12. Holes overview
12. Hole features (synchronous)
12. Hole command (synchronous)
12. Hole command bar (synchronous)
12. Placing hole features
12. Plane locking
12. Precise placement
12. Align a hole to an edge center
12. Align a hole to an existing hole axis
12. Placing a hole on a cylinder
12. Hole edits
12. Hole features (ordered)
12. Hole command (ordered)
12. Construct a hole (ordered)
12. Hole command bar (ordered)
12. Hole Circle command
12. Place hole circles
12. Hole options
12. Hole types
12. Hole extents
12. V bottom angles
12. Threaded holes
12. Saving commonly used hole parameters
12. Holes database
12. Hole database converter
12. Hole Options dialog box (Simple)
12. Hole Options dialog box (Threaded)
12. Hole Options dialog box (Counterbore)
12. Hole Options dialog box (Countersink)
12. Hole Options dialog box (Tapered)
13. Slots
13. Creating slots
13. Slot command
13. Slot command bar (synchronous environment)
13. Slot command bar (ordered environment)
13. Slot Options dialog box
13. Construct a slot
13. Construct multiple slots
13. Move or edit a slot in the synchronous environment
13. Edit a slot in the ordered environment
14. Primitive features
14. Box
14. Box command
14. Box command bar
14. Construct a box feature
14. Cylinder
14. Cylinder command
14. Cylinder command bar
14. Construct a cylinder feature
14. Sphere
14. Sphere command
14. Sphere command bar
14. Construct a sphere feature
15. Treatment features
15. Treatment features
15. Thickening and thinning parts
15. Thickening and thinning parts
15. Thin Wall command
15. Thin Wall command bar
15. Thin Wall command bar
15. Thin Region command
15. Construct a synchronous thin wall solid
15. Construct an ordered thin wall solid
15. Construct a thin region solid
15. Thicken command
15. Thicken command bar
15. Thicken a part
15. Example: Thicken a part
15. Capping faces
15. What can go wrong (thin regions)
15. What can go wrong—thin regions
15. Faces selected for offset are not connected to each other
15. Cap face set too complex. Unable to process cap faces.
15. Thin face geometry too complex to extend to cap faces
15. Unable to orient cap faces to close offset volume
15. Unable to offset selected thin faces
15. Unable to offset selected cap faces
15. Failed to delete loop on thin face
15. Selected set of faces do not form closed offset volume
15. Thin faces do not intersect cap faces
15. Rounding and blending
15. Rounding and blending
15. Round command
15. Round command bar (ordered)
15. Round command bar (synchronous)
15. Round Options dialog box
15. Round Parameters dialog box
15. Round part edges
15. Editing rounds
15. Edit a synchronous round
15. Control the edit behavior of a synchronous round
15. Rounding order
15. Reorder Round command
15. Reorder rounded part edges
15. Rounding overflow options
15. How does blending work?
15. Defining the blend shape
15. Blend part faces
15. Blend surface bodies
15. Blends on surface bodies
15. Tangent hold lines
15. Blend command
15. Blend command bar
15. Variable radius rounds
15. Surface Blend Parameters dialog box
15. Construct a variable radius round
15. Adding draft to parts
15. Adding draft to parts
15. Workflow overview
15. Add Draft command
15. Add Draft command bar
15. Add Draft command bar
15. Add Draft command bar
15. Draft Options dialog box
15. Draft Parameters dialog box
15. Add a draft angle to a part
15. Editing add draft features
15. Defining the draft plane
15. Example: Draft Options
15. Using parting geometry
15. Split draft
15. Step draft
15. Examples: Constructing drafts to different sides
15. Examples: Selecting draft faces with the chain method
15. Examples: Selecting draft faces with the loop sides method
15. Things to consider with rounds and draft angles
15. Adding chamfers to parts
15. Adding chamfers to part edges
15. Chamfer command (feature)
15. Chamfer command bar (ordered)
15. Chamfer command bar (synchronous)
15. Chamfer Options dialog box (ordered)
15. Chamfer Options dialog box (synchronous)
15. Construct a chamfer feature
15. Edit or move a chamfer
15. Chamfer Equal Setbacks command
15. Construct a chamfer with equal setbacks
15. Chamfer Unequal Setbacks command
15. Chamfer Unequal Setbacks command bar
15. Construct a chamfer with unequal setbacks
15. Adding ribs to parts
15. Adding ribs to parts
15. Rib command
15. Rib command bar
15. Construct a rib
15. Web Network command
15. Web Network command bar
15. Construct a web network
15. Editing an ordered Web Network feature
15. Editing a synchronous Web Network feature
15. Examples: Defining the Rib Direction
15. Examples: Defining the Rib Side
16. Reusing model data
16. Reusing model data
16. Cutting copying and pasting model elements
16. Cutting, copying, and pasting model elements
16. Cut, copy, or paste a feature
16. Feature Set Information dialog box
16. Copying and cutting elements
16. Copying and cutting elements
16. Copy command
16. Cut command
16. Cut, copy, or paste an element
16. Pasting elements
16. Pasting elements
16. Paste command
16. Paste command bar
16. Pattern features
16. Pattern features
16. Pattern command (ordered)
16. Rectangular Pattern (ordered)
16. Circular patterns
16. Construct an ordered rectangular pattern feature
16. Create a 2D rectangular pattern of sketches
16. Rectangular Pattern command bar (ordered sketch)
16. Construct an ordered circular pattern feature
16. Create a 2D circular pattern of sketches
16. Circular Pattern command bar (ordered sketch)
16. Construct a Fast Pattern
16. Construct a Smart Pattern
16. Pattern command bar
16. Define the pattern plane
16. Synchronous rectangular pattern features
16. Rectangular command (3D features)
16. Construct a synchronous rectangular pattern feature
16. Rectangular Pattern command bar (synchronous)
16. Synchronous circular pattern features
16. Circular Pattern command (3D features)
16. Circular Pattern command bar
16. Construct a synchronous circular pattern feature
16. Ordered pattern profile sketches
16. Draw a circular pattern sketch
16. Draw a rectangular pattern sketch
16. Circular Pattern command (ordered sketch)
16. Rectangular Pattern command (ordered sketch)
16. Circular Pattern command bar (Sketch)
16. Rectangular Pattern command bar (Sketch)
16. Stagger Options dialog box
16. Along curve
16. Along Curve pattern command (synchronous)
16. Along Curve pattern command (ordered)
16. Along Curve pattern command
16. Pattern by Table
16. Pattern by Table command
16. Pattern by Table command bar (synchronous)
16. Pattern by Table command bar (ordered)
16. Pattern by Table Options dialog box
16. Instance Table dialog box
16. Create a pattern by table
16. Duplicates
16. Duplicate command
16. Duplicate command bar
16. Create a duplicate pattern
16. Fill
16. Fill pattern
16. Fill Pattern command
16. Fill Pattern command bar
16. Construct a fill pattern feature
16. Mirror
16. Mirror command
16. Mirror command bar
16. Mirror Copy Feature Command
16. Mirror Copy Part command
16. Mirror Copy Feature command bar
16. Mirror Copy Feature command bar
16. Construct a mirror copy of a feature
16. Construct a mirror copy of a feature
16. Create a mirror copy of a part
16. Mirror a part
16. Define the Mirror Plane
16. Feature libraries
16. Feature libraries
16. Storing features in a library
16. Placing feature library members
16. Redefining parent edges
16. Feature library guidelines
16. Feature Library tab
16. Create an unmanaged feature library member
16. Place a feature library member into another document
16. Teamcenter Feature Library tab
16. Create a Teamcenter Feature Library member
17. Modeling surfaces
17. What is surfacing and why use it?
17. Surface construction advantages
17. General surface modeling workflow
17. Using surfaces
17. Surface construction overview
17. Working with points, curves, and surfaces
17. Displaying points, curves, and surfaces
17. Creating points, curves, and surfaces
17. Curves and points
17. Using points and curves
17. Intersection curves
17. Intersection Curve command
17. Intersection Curve command bar
17. Construct an intersection curve
17. Intersection points
17. Intersection Point command
17. Intersection Point command bar
17. Construct an intersection point
17. Keypoint curves
17. Keypoint Curve command
17. Keypoint Curve command bar
17. Construct a curve through selected keypoints
17. Project curve
17. Project Curve command
17. Project Curve command bar
17. Project Curve Options dialog box
17. Project a curve onto a surface along a vector
17. Project a curve onto a surface along surface normals
17. Derive curve
17. Derived Curve command
17. Derived Curve command bar
17. Derive a curve
17. Curve by table
17. Curve By Table command
17. Curve By Table command bar
17. Curve By Table Parameters dialog box
17. Construct a curve by table
17. What can go wrong-curve by table
17. Insert Object dialog box
17. Curve By Table Feature Failed
17. Invalid Geometry: Edit Feature Inputs
17. Curve Is Self-intersecting
17. Units Set Out Of Range
17. Isocline
17. Isocline command
17. Create an isocline curve
17. Helical curve
17. Helical Curve command
17. Helical Curve command bar
17. Helical Curve Parameters dialog box
17. Create a helical curve
17. Create a spiral curve
17. Curves in surfacing
17. Curve display and edit
17. Split Curve command
17. Split a curve
17. Split Curve command bar
17. Contour Curve command
17. Construct a contour curve
17. Contour Curve command bar
17. Cross Curve command
17. Construct a 3D intersection curve
17. Cross Curve command bar
17. Show Curvature Comb command
17. Curvature Comb Settings command
17. Curvature Comb Settings dialog box
17. Show Section Curvature command
17. Section Curvature Settings command
17. Section Curvature Settings dialog box
17. Display the curvature comb for an intersection curve on a surface
17. Display the curvature comb for a 3D curve
17. Display the curvature comb for a 2D curve
17. Surface creation
17. Extrude
17. Extruded command
17. Extruded Surface command bar
17. Construct an extruded construction surface
17. Revolved
17. Revolved command
17. Revolved Surface command bar
17. Construct a revolved construction surface
17. Bounded
17. Bounded Surface command
17. Bounded Surface command bar
17. Bounded Surface Options
17. Construct a bounded surface
17. Swept
17. Swept command
17. Swept Surface command bar
17. Construct a swept surface
17. Offset
17. Offset Surface command
17. Offset Surface command bar
17. Construct an offset construction surface
17. Redefined
17. Redefine Surface command
17. Redefine Surface command bar
17. Redefine Surface Options
17. Construct a redefine surface
17. Ruled
17. Ruled Surface command
17. Ruled Surface command bar
17. Construct a ruled surface
17. Bluesurf
17. BlueSurf overview
17. BlueSurf command
17. BlueSurf command bar
17. BlueSurf Options dialog box
17. Insert sketches into a BlueSurf
17. Adding cross sections into a BlueSurf (ordered modeling)
17. Construct a BlueSurf feature
17. BlueDot command (ordered modeling)
17. BlueDot Edit command bar (ordered modeling)
17. Hide All BlueDots command (ordered modeling environment)
17. Connect sketch elements with a BlueDot
17. End Conditions
17. Cross sections
17. Reflective planes
17. Show Reflective Plane command
17. Reflective Plane Settings command
17. Reflective Planes dialog box
17. Create and display a reflective plane
17. Editing surfaces
17. Boolean
17. Boolean command
17. Boolean command bar
17. Perform a boolean operation
17. Parting
17. Parting Split command
17. Parting Split command bar
17. Create parting edges for a surface
17. Parting Surface command
17. Parting Surface command bar
17. Construct a parting surface
17. Divide part
17. Divide Part command
17. Divide Part command bar
17. Divide Part dialog box
17. Divide a part
17. Example: Divide a part
17. Example: Insert a new division
17. Insert a new division into a divided part
17. Replace face
17. Replace Face command
17. Replace Face command bar
17. Replace a face
17. Split face
17. Split Face Command
17. Split Face command bar
17. Split a Face
17. What can go wrong-split face features
17. Wrap sketch
17. Wrap Sketch command
17. Wrap Sketch command bar
17. Wrap a sketch around a face
17. Stitched
17. Show Non-Stitched Edges command
17. Show Non-Stitched Edges command bar
17. Stitched command
17. Stitched Surface command bar
17. Stitched Surface Options Dialog Box
17. Stitch a surface
17. Display the Non-Stitched Edges on a Construction Surface
17. Copy
17. Copy command
17. Copy Surface command bar
17. Copy a surface
17. Extend
17. Extend command
17. Extend Surface command bar
17. Extend a surface
17. Trim
17. Trim command
17. Trim Surface command bar
17. Trim a surface
17. Intersect surface
17. Intersect command
17. Intersect command bar
17. Intersect a surface
17. Create a solid body from intersecting surfaces
17. Volume Regions dialog box
17. Offset edge
17. Offset Edge command
17. Offset Edge options
17. Offset edges
17. Tangency control handles
17. Drop Parents command
17. Drop the Parents on a Feature
17. Surface evaluation
17. Evaluating surfaces
17. Show Zebra Stripes command
17. Zebra Stripes Settings command
17. Display zebra stripes on a part
17. Show Curvature Shading command
17. Curvature Shading Settings command
17. Curvature Shading Settings Dialog Box
17. Display curvature shading on a model
17. Show Draft Face Analysis command
17. Draft Face Analysis command bar
17. Draft Face Analysis dialog box
17. Draft Face Analysis Settings command
17. Surface Visualization command
17. Surface Visualization Settings dialog box
17. Visualize a surface
17. Evaluating and repairing foreign data
17. Surface display
17. Show All Construction Curves command
17. Hide All Construction Surfaces command
17. Show All Construction Surfaces command
17. Construction Display command
17. Construction Display Dialog Box
17. Hide All Construction Curves command
18. Subdivision Modeling
18. Introduction to Subdivision Modeling
18. Subdivision Modeling workflow
18. Using PathFinder with subdivision models
18. Working with cage elements
18. Creating subdivision features
18. Working with subdivision features
18. Moving and rotating cage elements
18. Move cage elements
18. Move using Quick Move
18. Subdivision Modeling command
18. Box command in Subdivision Modeling
18. Box command bar
18. Cylinder command in Subdivision Modeling
18. Cylinder command bar
18. Sphere command in Subdivision Modeling
18. Sphere command bar
18. Torus command
18. Torus command bar
18. Use symmetric mode in Subdivision Modeling
18. Scale command in Subdivision Modeling
18. Scale a subdivision model
18. Blend command
18. Show Blend Values command
18. Split command
18. Split subdivision model faces
18. Split with Offset command
18. Split faces with offset
18. Offset cage faces
18. Offset command in Subdivision Modeling
18. Connect cage faces or edges with a bridge
18. Bridge command
18. Delete and fill cage faces
18. Align a shape to a curve
18. Align to Curve command
18. Cage Style command
19. Manufactured features
19. Manufactured features
19. Working with feature origins
19. Display or hide feature origins
19. Reposition the feature origin for a feature
19. Reposition Feature command
19. Reposition a feature
19. Show Feature Origin command
19. Hide Feature Origin command
19. Reposition Feature Origin command
19. Show All Feature Origins command
19. Hide All Feature Origins command
20. Threaded features
20. Threaded features
20. Thread command
20. Thread command bar (synchronous)
20. Thread command bar (ordered)
20. Thread Options dialog box (synchronous)
20. Thread Options dialog box (ordered)
20. Add a thread reference to a feature
20. Displaying threads realistically in a shaded view
20. Available thread sizes with the Thread command
20. Editing threaded features
20. Depicting threads on drawings
20. Thread extent definition and tapered threads
21. Vent features
21. Vent command
21. Vent command bar
21. Vent Options Dialog Box
21. Construct a vent feature
21. What can go wrong-vent features
22. Mounting boss features
22. Mounting Boss command
22. Mounting Boss command bar
22. Mounting Boss Location command
22. Mounting Boss Options dialog box
22. Mounting Boss Properties dialog box
22. Construct a mounting boss feature
22. Rotate a mounting boss profile
23. Lip and groove features
23. Lip and groove features
23. Lip command
23. Construct a lip or groove
23. Lip command bar
23. Example: lip or groove
24. Feature recognition of imported models
24. Feature recognition
24. Recognizing holes
24. Recognize Holes command
24. Recognize Holes dialog box
24. Replace circular cutouts with hole features
24. Hole pattern recognition
24. Recognize Hole Patterns command
24. Hole Pattern Recognition dialog box
24. Recognize a hole pattern
24. Chamfer Recognition command
24. Recognize Patterns command
24. Recognize a pattern
25. Inserting part copies
25. Inserting part copies
25. Part Copy command
25. Part Copy command bar
25. Create a part copy
25. Part Copy Parameters dialog box
25. Update Part Copies dialog box
25. Update Part Copies dialog box (Out-of-Date Parts)
25. Select Part Copy dialog box
25. Paste Special command
25. Paste Special dialog box
25. Paste an element with a different format
26. Boolean operations
26. Boolean commands
26. Union command (boolean)
26. Union command bar
26. Union selected bodies
26. Subtract command (boolean)
26. Subtract command bar
26. Assembly Subtract Options dialog box
26. Subtract a volume from a body
26. Intersect command (boolean)
26. Intersect command bar
26. Intersect selected bodies into a single body
26. Scale Body command
26. Scale Body command bar
26. Scale Body Options dialog box
26. Split command (boolean)
26. Split command bar
26. Split a selected body into individual bodies
26. Boolean Options dialog box
27. Families of parts
27. Families of parts
27. Create a family of parts
27. Create a family of parts using the Family of Parts tab
27. Create a family of parts in QY CAD Embedded Client
27. Modify a FOP member name or description in SEEC
27. Family Of Parts tab
27. Family of Parts Table dialog box
27. Family of Parts Member dialog box
28. Direct editing in QY CAD
28. Move faces
28. Move Faces command
28. Move Faces command bar
28. Move faces directly
28. Rotate faces
28. Rotate Faces command
28. Rotate Faces command bar
28. Rotate faces directly
28. Offset faces
28. Offset Faces command
28. Offset Faces command bar
28. Offset faces directly
28. Resize rounds
28. Resize Rounds command
28. Resize Rounds command bar
28. Resize rounds directly
28. Resize holes
28. Resize Holes command
28. Resize Holes command bar
28. Resize holes directly
28. Delete rounds
28. Delete Rounds command
28. Delete Rounds command bar
28. Delete rounds from a part
28. Delete holes
28. Delete Holes command
28. Delete Holes command bar
28. Delete holes from a part
28. Delete regions
28. Delete Regions command
28. Delete Regions command bar
28. Delete regions from a part
28. Delete faces
28. Delete Faces command
28. Delete Faces command bar
28. Delete faces from a part
28. Bend radius
28. Bend Radius command
28. Bend Radius command bar
28. Resize a bend radius directly
28. Bend angle
28. Bend Angle command
28. Bend Angle command bar
28. Edit a bend angle directly
28. Direct Editing in QY CAD
29. Missing parent

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