Feature Technology: Context Menu

The Feature Technology context menu provides functions for configuring the feature technology as well as switching it on/off. To open this context menu, right-click in an empty area of the pane, i.e. not on a feature log entry.

If you switch the Design variant base body entry from NO to YES, the Design Variant functions will be added to the context menu:

If you right-click a feature log entry, the context menu looks slightly different and contains additional functions, such as Formula for the processed part, or Formula for processed assembly.

Switch feature on/off

If you create a new drawing, the feature technology is automatically active. However, you can deactivate/reactivate logging for the active part at any time. To do this, use one of the following two functions.

Function	Description
Switch feature on	With the function Switch feature on you activate feature technology, if you are want to reactivate feature technology and thus log the subsequent processing steps for a loaded part or a part without feature log. After activating the function, a feature log with an entry called Create body is created.
Delete feature log	Use the Delete feature log function to deactivate the feature technology for the active part. This means: Further operations on the part are no longer recorded in the feature log. The log belonging to the active part is deleted. If the active part has sub-parts that also contain feature logs, a confirmation prompt is displayed: If the Also delete feature log of sub-parts is active, the feature logs of all sub-parts are also deleted. Caution: Please note that once exceuted, this step cannot be undone!

Function

Description

Switch feature on

With the function Switch feature on you activate feature technology, if you are want to reactivate feature technology and thus log the subsequent processing steps for

a loaded part or
a part without feature log.

After activating the function, a feature log with an entry called Create body is created.

Delete feature log

Use the Delete feature log function to deactivate the feature technology for the active part.

This means:

Further operations on the part are no longer recorded in the feature log.
The log belonging to the active part is deleted.

If the active part has sub-parts that also contain feature logs, a confirmation prompt is displayed:

If the Also delete feature log of sub-parts is active, the feature logs of all sub-parts are also deleted.

Caution: Please note that once exceuted, this step cannot be undone!

How the Feature Model Works