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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Feature creation</div>
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap704"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_extrude.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_tip_body">Consider using <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_22.html');return(false);">form features</a>, such as the <b class="uiTerm"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_23.html');return(false);">Hole</a></b> feature, to create standard features instead of using sketch and extrude.
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                        <p class="para_tip_body"><b class="uiTerm">Hole</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Boss</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Pocket</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Pad</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Slot</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Groove</b>, etc.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-extrudedbody.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar)
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Design Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Extrude</b></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">Using the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_26.html');return(false);">Offset</a> option, you can extrude a lip without first creating the offset curves. You can extrude a single line with offsets in two directions to create a block.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_18.html');return(false);">Haystack Geometry</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_26.html');return(false);">Extrude</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Design Feature &rarr; Extrude
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap705"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_revolve.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Revolve</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_revolvedbody.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Revolve</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature</b> toolbar)
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Design Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Revolve</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_tip_body">Use a <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_24.html');return(false);">Thread</a> feature instead of revolving with translation.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_18.html');return(false);">Haystack Geometry</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_27.html');return(false);">Revolve</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Design Feature &rarr; Revolve
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap706"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_sweep.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sweep</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To sweep a single section along one rail (guide path):</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sweep</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sweep Along Guide</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_sweep_along_gde.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Sweep Along Guide</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sweep</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Tube</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_tube.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Tube</b></p>
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                        <p class="para_tip_body">These commands allow non-tangent breaks in the guide path. </p>
                        <p class="para_tip_body">The <b class="uiTerm">Tube</b> command does not require you to sketch a section. A circle is assumed.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_28.html');return(false);">Swept features</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Sweep 
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap707"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap708"></a><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap709"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_vsweep.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_loft.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Variational Sweep</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Loft</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To loft between just two sections:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_ruled.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Ruled</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Mesh Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Ruled</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To loft between multiple sections without rails:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_thru_curves.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Through Curves</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Mesh Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Through Curves</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To sweep a section along one or more rails (guide paths):</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_swept.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Swept</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sweep</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Swept</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To sweep a sketch section containing constraints:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_variational_sweep.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Variational Sweep</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Sweep</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Variational Sweep</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">To create the sketch, use the <b class="uiTerm">Sketch on Path</b> option.
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_3.html');return(false);">Creating surfaces</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Surface
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Sketcher &rarr; Tutorials
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         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap710"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_surface_by_boundary.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Surface by Boundary</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a planar surface from boundaries:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_bound_plane.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Bounded Plane</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Bounded Plane</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a general surface tangent to two sheets:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_bridge.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Bridge</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Detail Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Bridge</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a general surface from boundaries:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_nsided_surf.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">N Sided Surface</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Mesh Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">N Sided Surface</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a surface at the intersection of three or more sectional shapes:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_transition.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Transition</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Transition</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/06qt_surface_3.html');return(false);">Surfaces</a></p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Surface
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      <p class="para_topic"></p><a name="qt_mm_5_1e"></a><dl>
         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap711"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_mesh_of_curves.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Mesh of Curves</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create a surface from curves in two directions, see:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_thru_curve_mesh.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Through Curve Mesh</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Mesh Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Through Curve Mesh</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Surface
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      <p class="para_topic"></p><a name="qt_mm_5_1f"></a><dl>
         <dt><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap712"></a><p class="defObject"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"><br><img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_emboss.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_var_surface.gif" border="0"> <img align="bottom" src="graphics/ideas/des_mm_imageware.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Emboss</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Variational Surface Feature</b>, <b class="uiTerm">Imageware Feature</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/nx_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To emboss a sheet surface:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_emboss.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Emboss Sheet</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Combine Bodies</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Emboss Sheet</b></p>
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            <p class="para_defMeaning">To deform a surface to create surface features:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon_global_shaping.gif" border="0">  <b class="uiTerm">Global Shaping by Function</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Global Shaping by Function</b></p>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Surface</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Global Shaping by Surface</b></p>
               </li>
            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">To create and modify specialized surfaces for industrial design:</p>
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                  <p class="para_defMeaning"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/application_shape_studio.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Shape Studio</b> application (This requires a separate license.)
                  </p>
               </li>
            </ul>
            <p class="para_defMeaning">See also:</p>
            <ul class="unmarkedList">
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr;  Editing Objects &rarr; Surface
                  </p>
               </li>
               <li>
                  <p class="para_defMeaning">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Shape Studio
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               </li>
            </ul>
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      <p class="para_topic">Return to the <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_2.html');return(false);">Modeling</a> icon panel:
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