The revolved cut feature removes materials from existing bodies by revolving a sketch around an axis of revolution. To show you how to apply the revolved cut feature, we will create the following model. Notice that the final body is a continuation of the body we just created when we applied the revolved boss feature. Thus, we will use and build upon that model:

Let's go ahead and complete the model:

• Planning: We'll use the model we created earlier and add the revolved extruded cut feature to create the desired final shape in the drawing.
• Sketching: Here, we will sketch and fully define a rectangle to make the new cut that's shown in the following image. The height of the cut is shown in the Right View as 1 inch and cuts through the thickness of the wall. You will notice that we picked 1.2 inches for the width of our rectangle since this will be enough to cut through the whole wall. There are more advanced ways to define the cut, but we won't be covering them here.
• The axis of revolution goes through the center of the model, which also goes through the origin that we provided in the previous exercise:

• Applying the feature: Here, we will be applying the revolved cut feature.

To apply the revolved cut feature, follow these steps: 

1. Select the Revolved Cut feature from the command bar, as follows:

2. Set up the PropertyManager options that are shown in the following screenshot. We are already familiar with these options. However, here, we're introducing a new end condition: Up To Surface. Now, select the other end of the surface, as shown in the following screenshot. After selecting the surface, we will see a preview of our revolved cut:

This end condition means that the cut will start from our sketch and end at a selected surface. Since our revolved cut goes through all of our shapes, it would be more convenient to end it by selecting the end surface rather than writing a numerical value for an angle. Another advantage of selecting this end condition is that it preserves our design intentions. For example, if we wanted to modify the angle of the revolved boss so that it's 270 degrees instead of 180, the revolved cut will update automatically and go through all of our shapes. However, if we use 180 degrees in a Blind end condition for our extruded cut and then update the revolved boss to 270 degrees, the cut will stay at 180 degrees.

This ensures that the cut goes through the model. We will talk about design intents later in this book:

3. Click on the green checkmark to apply the cut. This will result in the following model:

This concludes how to apply the revolved cut feature. In this section, we discussed the following topics:

• How to apply the revolved cut feature
• How to use the end condition Up To Surface

Now that we've learned how to apply the revolved boss and revolved cut features, we will learn how to modify them.