14. Finish the connector tube sketch

• Select the Use (Project/Convert) tool
• Can't find it? »
• 1. Try the Search tools feature, type "Use" into the box.
  2. You might have exited your sketch. Do you see a box that says "Sketch 2" and has a green check?
  • 
  • If not, double click on Sketch 2 to reenter your sketch
  
  
• Keyboard shortcut »
• • Press u for the Use tool (lowercase, no 'shift', since we're back in a sketch).
• Click on the inner circle
• That line will bold, as it becomes part of your sketch

15. Finish the connector tube sketch

• Draw a smaller circle centered at the origin
• Dimension between the inner circle and the circle from the step above as 0.032

16. Extrude the body connector

So we can make a firm connection to the fins+booster section.

• Select the extrude tool
• Verify that "Sketch 2" is selected
• Click on Add to add to your part instead of creating a new part
• Set the Depth to 0.5 in
• Check Second end position
• Set the second Depth to 0.25 in
• Click the green check
• Didn't work? Part ended up different color? »
• Make sure you have the following set:
• Solid
• Add
• Sketch 2
• Merge scope: Part 1

17. Turn on section view

• We want to see inside the tube, so we'll have our view cut away part of the tube. This does not change the part, just how we look at it
• Select the view menu
• Select "Section view..."
• 
• Click on the Right plane
• Click the green check

18. Fillet the body connector ring

• What is a fillet? »
• Fillet: “a rounding of an interior or exterior corner of a part design.”
• We use fillets to round-out edges, which is especially useful when 3D printing.
• Select the fillet tool
• Keyboard shortcut »
• Since a fillet is a feature, not an element of a sketch, we press 'shift' + 'f'.
• Click on the outside ring of the ledge
• Click the green check

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