Part Design Tools¶
Complete reference index for all Part Design workbench tools, grouped by function. Each tool name links to its dedicated page.
Structure & setup¶
Tools for creating the model container, attaching sketches, and defining reference geometry that other features snap to.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Body | Create a new Body — the mandatory container for all Part Design features |
| New Sketch | Create a sketch attached to a face or datum plane within the active Body |
| Datum Plane | Insert a parametric reference plane at any position or angle |
| Datum Line | Insert a parametric reference line (axis) |
| Datum Point | Insert a parametric reference point |
| Coordinate System | Insert a local coordinate system (all three datum axes at once) |
| Shape Binder | Copy external geometry into the Body as a non-solid reference |
| Sub-Shape Binder | Reference a specific face, edge, or vertex from another Body |
| Clone | Insert a linked clone of another Body |
Additive features¶
Sketch-based tools that add material to the Body.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Pad | Extrude a closed sketch perpendicular to its plane to create a solid |
| Revolution | Revolve a sketch profile around an axis to create a solid of revolution |
| Additive Loft | Blend through two or more sketch profiles to create a smooth solid |
| Additive Pipe | Sweep a sketch profile along a path curve |
| Additive Helix | Sweep a sketch profile along a helical path |
Additive primitives¶
Insert parametric solid shapes without a sketch, adding material to the Body.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Additive Box | Add a rectangular box |
| Additive Cylinder | Add a cylinder |
| Additive Sphere | Add a sphere |
| Additive Cone | Add a cone or truncated cone |
| Additive Ellipsoid | Add an ellipsoid |
| Additive Torus | Add a torus (donut shape) |
| Additive Prism | Add a regular polygonal prism |
| Additive Wedge | Add a wedge (parametric tapered box) |
Subtractive features¶
Sketch-based tools that remove material from the Body.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Extrude a cut into the solid — the inverse of Pad | |
| Groove | Revolve a cut around an axis — the inverse of Revolution |
| Hole | Create an engineered hole with optional thread, counterbore, or countersink |
| Subtractive Loft | Blend-cut through two or more sketch profiles |
| Subtractive Pipe | Sweep a cut along a path curve |
| Subtractive Helix | Sweep a cut along a helical path |
Subtractive primitives¶
Insert parametric solid shapes that remove material from the Body.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Subtractive Box | Remove a rectangular box |
| Subtractive Cylinder | Remove a cylinder |
| Subtractive Sphere | Remove a sphere |
| Subtractive Cone | Remove a cone or truncated cone |
| Subtractive Ellipsoid | Remove an ellipsoid |
| Subtractive Torus | Remove a torus |
| Subtractive Prism | Remove a regular polygonal prism |
| Subtractive Wedge | Remove a wedge |
Dress-up features¶
Apply finishing operations to edges and faces of an existing solid.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Fillet | Round selected edges with a constant or variable radius |
| Chamfer | Bevel selected edges at a specified angle and distance |
| Draft | Taper selected faces by a draft angle — useful for mould tooling |
| Thickness | Hollow a solid to a uniform wall thickness by removing selected faces |
Transformation features¶
Repeat or mirror existing features without redrawing them.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Mirrored | Mirror one or more features across a plane |
| Linear Pattern | Repeat features in a straight line with a fixed spacing |
| Polar Pattern | Repeat features in a circular array around an axis |
| Multi-Transform | Combine multiple transformation types into a single compound pattern |
Boolean operations¶
Combine multiple Bodies using Boolean set operations.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Boolean | Union, subtract, or intersect two Bodies |
Specialised tools¶
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Involute Gear | Generate a parametric involute gear profile sketch |
| Sprocket | Generate a parametric sprocket profile sketch |
| Shaft Wizard | Interactive wizard for designing stepped shafts |
Tree management¶
UI operations for reorganising the feature tree. These are workflow tools, not modelling features; they do not change the final shape, only the tree structure.
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Move Tip | Set the active Tip to any feature in the tree |
| Move Feature | Move a feature to a different Body |
| Move Feature in Tree | Reorder a feature within the same Body's tree |
| Duplicate Selection | Duplicate the selected feature(s) within the Body |