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Computer aided engineering software.

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revolve

Software; CAE

A feature that creates a base or boss, a revolved cut, or revolved surface by revolving one or more sketched profiles around a centerline.

shell

Software; CAE

A feature that hollows out a part, leaving open the selected faces and thin walls on the remaining faces. A hollow part is created when no faces are selected to be open.

extrude

Software; CAE

A feature that linearly projects a sketch to either add material to a part (in a base or boss) or remove material from a part (in a cut or hole).

cut

Software; CAE

A feature that removes material from a part by such actions as extrude, revolve, loft, sweep, thicken, cavity, and so on.

out-of-context feature

Software; CAE

A feature with an external reference to the geometry of another component that is not open. See feature.

in-context feature

Software; CAE

A feature with an external reference to the geometry of another component; the in-context feature changes automatically if the geometry of the referenced model or feature changes.

absorbed

Software; CAE

A feature, sketch, or annotation that is contained in another item (usually a feature) in the FeatureManager design tree. Examples are the profile sketch and profile path in a base-sweep, or a ...