This section explains how to create all types of manufacturing feature. This section assumes you have an understanding of element trees for feature creation and . For an introduction to element trees, see Element Trees: Principles of Feature Creation.

An important principle of creating manufacturing features is that all the elements required to be defined interactively must also be defined when you create that feature using .

As with creating solid features, manufacturing features use element trees to define the feature before you call ProFeatureCreate() to create the feature. However, the method of creating tools is slightly different, as described in the following sections.