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Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023
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Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023

by James D. Bethune, Nathan Brown
February 2023
Intermediate to advanced
784 pages
30h 21m
English
Pearson
Content preview from Engineering Design and Graphics with SolidWorks 2023

Chapter 3. Features

Chapter Objectives

  • Learn Features tools

  • Draw 3D objects

  • Use Features tools to create objects

3-1 Introduction

This chapter introduces the Features tools. Features tools are used to create 3D models. A drawing usually starts with a 2D sketch as described in Chapter 2, and Features tools are applied to create a 3D model. For example, the Extruded Boss/Base features tool can be applied to a rectangle to create a rectangular prism or box. Figure 3-1 shows the Features tool panel.

A screenshot of the SolidWorks screen depicts the features tool panel.

Figure 3-1

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780137899500