Where a profile has been used in the construction of a solid, Feature Manager provides options for manipulating the profile. These provide similar functionality to that provided by the Modify Profile tool, in the Modify Feature toolbox. A simple example will explain how these features work. Consider the solid shown in the following figure, which has been created by extruding a profile shape.

Modifying this solid consists of three procedures — extract, modify, and replace the profile — all of which can be achieved via Feature Manager.

When the required modifications have been made to the extracted profile, you are ready to replace it in the solid.

Where the solid has been constructed using a dimension driven design (DDD) profile, then you have the option to edit the dimensions and thus modify the solid. This can be done without the need to first extract the profile. Following is an example showing the steps required to modify the dimension driven profile used to create the solid shown below.

At times, it can be useful to view the dimensions associated with dimension driven design profiles that were used to create a solid. You can turn on or off the display of these dimensions from Feature Manager.