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2. What are the file extensions given to parts? assemblies? drawings? sketches?
Parts: .prt - Assemblies: .asm - Drawings: .drw - Sketches: .sec
10. If I use Window, Close without saving my model, have I lost my work?
No.
11. If I use File, Erase without saving my model, have I lost my work?
Yes.
12. What is a feature?
A feature is a geometric definition of part of the model.
17. What is the mouse button sequence to query select an object that is under another
object?
Right, left to pick, right as many times as you need to to get the thing you want, middle to
except the thing you want, middle again for done select.
22. What is the difference between #One Side and #Both Sides?
One-side extrudes only one specified direction from the sketching plane. Both sides
extrudes both sides of the sketching planes.
26. What is different about datum planes created ‘on the fly’?
The datum plane created on the fly means it was created when you were in the middle of
creating something else and it goes away after the thing you really wanted was created.
These are created using the 'make datum' command.
30. Name a feature that can both add and remove material.
. Rounds and chamfers
31. What is the minimum number of surfaces you must remove when adding a shell
feature?
One.
32. What is the minimum number of sections you must sketch when adding a blend
feature?
Two.
33. What is the difference between a ‘straight’ and ‘smooth’ blend feature?
Straight extrudes with straight segments between the sections. Smooth extrudes with the
best fit arc between three or more sections.
35. What does the start point and direction arrow do in a blend feature?
The start point determines where the system starts counting the vertices in the section.
The direction arrow indicates the direction in which the system counts the vertices around
the section.
36. What does a ‘blend vertex’ do?
A blend vertex adds one additional vertex to the sketch, for example, when blending
between a rectangle and a triangle a blend vertex is required on the triangle section so
that the sections have the same number of vertices.
37. Why is alignment not always necessary when creating the cross section of a sweep
feature?
Because the system draws two sketcher centerlines, and if you sketch close enough to the
centerlines, the system will assume alignment.
42. How do you control the number of turns in a helical sweep feature?
You can’t, directly. The number of turns is the length of the trajectory divided by the
pitch.
49. How do you change the tolerance values in the drawing title block?
Change the tolerances in the part which can be displayed using the environment menu
under utilities.
50. If a drawing view is added with the ‘no scale’ option, does it really have no scale?
No, it uses the sheet scale.
51. What type of view must the first view added to a drawing be?
General, and you must orient it using save views from the model.
55. Why is it a good idea to start drawings early in the part design?
Because it’s easier to show the dimensions from the model a few features at a time. Start
the drawing early and have the drawing process be a parallel process with creating the
part. In other words, create a couple features, go to the drawing, show the dimensions
from the feature on the drawing, go back to the model, create a couple more features,
show those dimensions on the drawing, etc.
57. How are the default number of decimal places and default tolerance values
determined for parts and assemblies?
They are built into the start part and start assembly.
61. Name three things about a feature that you can not redefine.
The class (solid, datum, and surface), the type (protrusions or cut), the form (extrude,
revolve, sweep, and blend).
62. Name three things about a feature that you can redefine.
Everything in the dialog box (attributes (one-sided, both sides), sketch, direction, material
side, depth, etc.).
64. Explain the difference between insert mode and suppressing features.
Insert mode allows you to add features to the model before existing features and have the
existing features move down in the model tree. Suppress removes features temporarily,
but when they resume, they come back to their original position in the model tree.
75. When copying a feature, what is the difference between ‘dependent’ and
‘independent’?
Dependent means that the copy feature will change when the original feature is changed.
Independent means that the new feature will not change when you change the original
feature.
77. How do you make a dependent copy feature independent from its original feature?
Use modify, make independent.
79. What should you do if creating features that are to be included in a user defined
feature?
84. How do you get a bill of materials list of the components in an assembly?
Use info bom.
105. Can the units of a part be changed without changing the size of the part?
Yes.