Select this icon to perform Interactive Feature Detection (IFD), create new Machining Features and add them to the Features tab of the Machining Objects (Mobs) Browser. Below is the basic procedure:
1.NOTE: You MUST have a poly-surface model (i.e., a solid) in order to extract machining features. If you have an open surface model, you must stitch/join to close it before performing AFD. Then select the Interactive Feature Detection (IFD) icon from the Features tab.
2.From the graphics window, select the planar face that contains the features that you want to extract.
3.All detected machining features are then added to the Features tab. Multiple identical instances will be grouped under the same machining feature as Instance 2, Instance 2, etc. Identical feature types (i.e., Slots, Pockets, etc.) are grouped together in the Features tree.
Refer to the Features tree example shown below as a reference. The Orientation icon in the tree contains all of the features detected from that planar face orientation.
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