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Recognize and Simplify Features
28 Dec, 2011 By: R. Eric FranceIMAGINiT Tricks Tutorial: The Find Features and Simplify tools can improve your productivity in Autodesk Inventor Fusion.
Editor's Note: This tutorial courtesy of IMAGINiT Technologies.
Recently there has been a great proliferation of Inventor Fusion installs, mainly through its inclusion in Autodesk Design Suites. With that, I think it's important to bring your attention to a couple of tools in Fusion that can significantly improve your productivity in some common scenarios. First, we'll look at the Find Features tool, which helps users recognize and edit features in a Base Solid. Second, we'll learn how to use the Simplify tool to remove selected features from a model in preparation for analysis.
Find Features in a Base Solid
I'm sure that like most 3D CAD users, you occasionally work with base solid parts that have been imported from another modeler. In doing so, there are probably times when you need to modify those solids and could benefit from an efficient workflow to make the edits you need quickly.
You want a streamlined workflow? Well, here it is! Open the base solid part in Inventor Fusion, either directly or by using the Edit Form option in Inventor. Next, initiate the Find Features tool (located on the Manage panel), choose the solid in the Browser, and click OK. Just like that, the features are identified and appear in the Browser; from there you can edit the features. 
For example, if the solid includes a circular pattern of holes, you can right-click, choose Edit Circular Pattern, and adjust the count to the number of holes now needed. You also have the ability to recognize an extrusion as a revolve, or vice versa. You can dissolve a feature to remove its feature from the browser. Recognized features can also be deleted if they are no longer needed.
But wait — there's more! If you want to control the types of features that are recognized from the beginning, you can adjust the checkboxes to focus on the features you are interested in having the tool find before you select the solid. It's quick and easy. 
Simplify Your Analysis
For users performing analysis of components, the Simplify tool can be a huge time-saver. It is used to reduce the complexity of a model by removing fillets, chamfers, and holes of a given size and orientation. Simplify is particularly useful in removing those features that don't impact an FEA (finite-element analysis), but would add to the overall calculation time to solve the model.
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