Fastening Features
Fastening features streamline creation of common features for plastic and sheet metal parts.
You can create:
| Mounting bosses | Create a variety of mounting bosses. Set the number of fins and choose a hole or a pin. | |
| Snap hooks and snap hook grooves | Customize the snap hook and snap hook groove. You must first create a snap hook before you can create a snap hook groove. | |
| Vents | Create a variety of vents using a sketch you create. Set the number of ribs and spars. Flow area is calculated automatically. | |
| Lips and Grooves | Align, mate, and hold together two plastic parts. Lip and groove features support multibodies and assemblies. | |
| You can create a lip and groove feature when the interface between the lip and groove contains multiple faces, for example, for a mouse hole or a gap in the parting line. |
To create a fastening feature:
- Click a fastening feature tool (Fastening Features toolbar) or , then select the type of fastening feature:
Mounting Boss Vent (Create a vent sketch first.) Snap Hook Lip/Groove Snap Hook Groove (Create a snap hook first.) - Set the PropertyManager options, then click
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