Tips and Tricks How use Extrude Cut in Solidworks tutorial

SolidWorks: Cut-Extrude Basics

EXTRUDED CUT
Using the Extruded Boss/Base model created in the Extruded Boss/Base blog, we will modify the 3D block to include a circle feature by removing material. The Extruded Cut feature can be found on the features tab in the Command Manager interface
You can also go to the toolbar and click Insert Cut -Extrude to pull up the Cut-Extrude Feature menu as well.

Once the Extrude menu appears on the left-hand side of your screen, it will prompt you to select a plane or sketch that will be used to create the 3D model feature.
Select the desired 2D sketch from the feature tree by clicking on the sketch name as shown.
The Cut-Extrude feature will then preview the shape of cut based on the selected sketc

The Cut-Extrude feature button will prompt you to set parameters in the menu

FROM
Under the “From” header there is a drop-down list containing a variety of options of where to start the Cut-Extrude from.