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Inventor Retaining Ring iFeatures: design specifications were all taken from "The Machinery Handbook" to ensure Industry Standardization.

Insert the iFeature for an External Retaining Ring for the proper shaft diameter. In this example, a 3.0" shaft.

Next, we select a Work Plane that bisects the shaft as the Sketch Plane for the iFeature, and rotate the iFeature to the proper orientation for the shaft.

We are then presented with the Model Parameters that define the iFeature, and they can be accepted as is, or individually modified.

We select to "Activate Sketch Edit Immediately".

We "Slice Graphics" to view the sketch.

Next, we "Project Geometry"  of the Work Plane that bisects the Sketch Plane, and the front face of the shaft.

Now we add "Colinear" constraints to fully constrain the iFeature sketch.

Finally, we "Update" the part, and turn off "Visibility" on the Work Planes.

There are also Internal Retaining Ring iFeatures in the library.

You can obtain the Inventor iFeatures for free on our web! Please visit the Solids Modeling page for downloading, and usage instructions.

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