Using the Feature Selector
The feature selector is a floating, context sensitive toolbar that you
use to distinguish between different DimXpert feature types. The available
feature selector choices depend on the selected face and the active command.
Use the feature selector for all feature selections:
The order of features in the feature selector is based on their complexity:
Basic features like planes, cylinders, and cones
are on the left.
Composite features like counterbore holes, notches,
slots, and patterns are in the middle.
Compound features like compound holes and intersect
points are on the right. Compound features require additional selections.
Within DimXpert, a single face can typically define multiple manufacturing
feature types that require different dimensions and tolerances.
To use the feature selector to create individual size
dimensions for a pattern of holes:
Open a part to dimension with DimXpert for parts.
Click Size Dimension
(DimXpert toolbar) or Tools,
DimXpert, Size
Dimension.
Select the face of the left-side hole.
The feature selector defaults to the 2X hole
pattern.
Click Hole
on the feature selector.
Click in the graphics area to place the dimension.
In the PropertyManager, under Tolerance/Precision,
type .5 for Maximum Variation
.
Click 
.
Repeat the procedure for the right-side hole using
the default tolerance values.
