Creating a relationship between a solid feature and a solid

The relationship between a solid feature and a solid is specified using the Solid Feature Relationship dialog. To display the dialog, select on the appropriate solid feature dialog.

To create arelationship between a solid feature and a solid, you need to specify:

To specify a keypoint on the solid:

  1. Click to attach a workplane to the cursor and display the keypoints on the solid as blue circles.

  2. Select the keypoint. The unselected points are removed, leaving only the selected keypoint.

    The changes to a to indicate the relationship workplane is correctly specified.

To specify a keypoint on the feature:

  1. Click to display the keypoints on the feature as blue circles.

    The keypoints that are displayed depend on the feature:

    • Solid cut and solid boss — the keypoints are points on the sketch and the average centre point of the sketch.
    • Boolean features — the keypoints are keypoints on the secondary solid.
    • Hole features — the keypoint is always the origin point of the hole. The point button is unavailable because it cannot be changed.
    • Pocket/Protrusion features — the keypoint is always the origin point of the pocket/protrusion. The point button is unavailable because it cannot be changed.
  2. Select the keypoint. The unselected points are removed, leaving only the selected keypoint.

    The changes to a to indicate the keypoint on the feature is correctly specified.

To specify the distance between the keypoints:

The X, Y and Z values that specify the distance between the keypoints on the solid and the feature are shown: