You may either create form features or use those provided by
STAEDTLER.
Before being able to use the form feature it has to be created
and saved (SAVE FORMFEATURE). Then the form feature may be
used for the construction of parts (INCLUDE FORMFEATURE;
positioning via drawing management) or reloaded for further
manipulations (LOAD FORMFEATURE). The form feature located
within a part can also be switched off (change visibility; FADE FORMFEATURE),
modified (MODIFY FORMFEATURE) or deleted (DELETE FORMFEATURE).
All form features belonging to a part or component may
displayed in a list or put out into a file.
The form feature may be connected to other geometries or form
features parametrically. For example, an interdependence between
the position or dimension of a form feature and other form features
may be added.
Each form feature has an own item number. In addition,
it may have an own characteristics bar, which remains
even after the positioning and
via which the form feature may be modified at any time. For this
purpose a form feature may be selected from the variation management in the
main menu. The content of the characteristics bar then refers to this form
feature.
In each form feature there is a point called FeKPunkt, which
represents the origin of co-ordinates. If the list of form features
is put out into a file, the co-ordinates of this point are also part of
the list.
For further information about and explanations of this topic please
see the help text of the command INCLUDE FORMFEATURE. Please click
the form feature icon ( symbolizes a boring and a slot) under the
command INCLUDE FORMFEATURE with the right mouse button.