Now, let's examine some of the other options that are available with the swept boss feature that we didn't utilize in the previous exercise. We will cover the options we missed from top to bottom, as shown in the following screenshot:

The following is a brief explanation of these options:

• Circular Path: Under Profile and Path, we can select the Circular Profile option. This makes it easier for us to create the swept feature when the profile is circular and goes through the middle of the profile.
• Guide Curves: With this option, we can add more sketches to help to guide our swept boss feature. This is helpful when the swept boss feature does not have a regular shape that matches the profile. However, it is an advanced feature that we will not use at this level.
• Profile orientation: This helps us to determine how the profile moves with the path. There are two options available here:
  • Follow Path: This will make the profile tilt along with the path.
  • Keep Normal Constant: This will keep the profile facing the same direction as it moves on the path.
• Profile Twist: This can be used to create shapes such as spiral springs or any type of twisted shape since it will allow the profile to twist around the path. The following screenshots are examples of using the Profile Twist in two different ways. One was done by twisting a square by 90 degrees, as follows: 

The other was done by twisting a circle by three revolutions around the path, as shown in the following screenshot:

• Start and End Tangency: This ensures that the sweep is normal for the path toward the start or endpoint.
• Thin Feature: This will allow us to only sweep boss a thin layer around the profile instead of the whole enclosure. This is similar to the thin feature option in the extruded boss feature.
• Curvature Display: This option allows us to analyze the curvature of our swept feature better. This is done by adding visual elements such as mesh preview, zebra stripes, and curvature combs.

This concludes this exercise, which was all about applying the swept boss feature. We covered the following topics in this section:

• How to create sketches that can use swept boss
• How to apply the swept boss feature
• The acceptable paths that can be used with the swept boss feature
• The different options that can be used with the swept boss feature

Now, we can start learning about the opposite of swept boss, that is, swept cut.