Hole — A Hole feature is created by drilling or boring and may have other characteristics such as a chamfer or tapped threads. They may be manufactured using canned drilling cycles.
Boss — Mills a boss whose shape is determined by a curve.
Chamfer — Mills a chamfer that follows a curve. Most features include a chamfer option which you should use for chamfering entire features.
Face — Is a milling operation to cut a smooth finish on a face of the stock and to cut the stock to exact dimensions.
Groove — Is a groove that follows a curve. The curve is the centerline of the groove. Also used for engraving. Grooves support open or closed curves.
Pocket — Mills an arbitrarily shaped cavity. It may contain a collection of island curves or bosses within the pocket. The islands can be at different heights.
Round — Mills a rounding operation that follows a curve.
Side — Is a general milling operation to cut all the material on one side of a curve. This feature works with open or closed curves.
Rectangular pocket — Mills a rectangular pocket with rounded corners. No curve is needed for this pocket.
Slot — Is a straight slot with rounded ends. No curve is needed for a slot.
Step bore — Is a nested series of round pockets with a common center. No curve is needed for a step bore.
Thread mill — Mills a thread on an inner or outer diameter.