Dashboard Tool Flexibility Due to the consolidation of many feature types into a handful of dashboard tools, you can easily toggle between several options- such as changing an extruded cut into an extruded protrusion.

Task 1-15. Redefine an extruded cut into a protrusion.

1. Redefine an extruded cut, as shown in the following figure:
   1. Orient the model as shown.
   2. Expand the CRANK_CUT group in the model tree.
   3. Select OVAL_CUT, then right-click and select Edit Definition.
   4. Click Remove Material to disable it from the dashboard.
   5. Select Specified Depth from the depth options flyout in the dashboard.
   6. Drag the depth handle to approximately 12.
   7. Click Complete Feature from the dashboard.

Redefining an Cut to a Protrusion

2. Click Undo twice to return the extrude feature to removing material (cut).
3. Click File > Close Window to return to the ENGINE.ASM window.
4. Click Save from the main toolbar, and click OK.
5. Click File > Erase > Current. Then click Select All > OK to erase all models from memory.

This completes the first exercise.