Added Feature

The Added Feature adds material to both the outside and inside of material volumes that it intersects within the same body. Shell Properties are not inherited.
Open the AddedFeature.CATPart

 

 

  1. Click the Added Feature icon .
    Added features can have different shapes. The Added Feature dialog box that appears displays the Prism icon as the default shape to be created.

  2. If you prefer a different shape, click any of the other four shapes available. To know how to create any of them, refer to the Prism, Sweep, Revolve, Thick Surface or External Shape tasks. For the purposes of our scenario, keep the default option.

  3. Select Sketch.2 as the profile you wish to extrude. If no profile is defined, clicking the Sketcher icon enables you to sketch the profile you need.

  4. In the Limits tab, check Mirrored extent and set First length: 20mm

  5. Optionally, set the parameters and options you wish to make the shape more complex as explained in Prism (or Sweep) page.

  6. Click Preview.

    By using Trim to shell option, added volume is trimmed to any intersections with shell volume.

  7. Click OK to confirm and create the added feature. Added Prism.X is added to the specification tree in the Solid Functional Set.X node.

More about Intersection Fillet

For the shape selected in the Shape definition area, you can apply an intersection fillet using following options available in the Intersection Fillet list of the Fillet tab:

  • Intersection with Core/Cavity
  • Intersection with Core
  • Intersection with Cavity

In this case following three options are available:

  • The Fillet radius option enables you to add material to the feature.
  • The Round radius option enables you to remove material from the feature.
  • The Preserve Thickness option enables you to keep the thickness applied on the part.

The Core feature cannot be added to the Added Feature. If you need to add a Core feature, you need to use Protected Feature.