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Fundamentals of Part Modeling Engineering Design with SOLIDWORKS® 2018

PLATE is displayed in the FeatureManager design tree. The ~1~ 1~1$ , >

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to display the Origin in the Graphics window. dJ Front Plane

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Base Feature

What is a Base feature? The Base feature (Boss-Extrude 1) is the first feature that is

created. The Base feature is the foundation of the part. Keep the Base feature simple!

The Base feature geometry for the PLATE is an extrusion. Rename the base feature

Extruded-Base. Note: The default name is Boss-Extrude I.

How do you create a 30 Extruded Boss/Base feature?

• Select a Sketch plane.

• Sketch a 2D profile on the Sketch plane.

• Apply all needed Geometric relations and dimensions to fully define the sketch.

• Apply the Extruded Boss/Base feature tool. Extend the profile perpendicular (_i) to

the Sketch plane.

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-;Q;. It is considered very poor design practice not to fully define a sketch. You will be

tempted in order to save design time, but keep in mind that the extra couple of minutes

you take to do something right the first time will save you additional time in the end.

Fully defined sketches are required to manufacture the part.

Review the part manufacturing, materials, reference planes and orthographic projection

before creating a Base feature .

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