diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/Allrun.pre b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/Allrun.pre
index 917bec1fac..472c03a6f7 100755
--- a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/Allrun.pre
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/Allrun.pre
@@ -12,21 +12,7 @@ cp $FOAM_TUTORIALS/resources/geometry/propellerTip.obj.gz constant/triSurface/
 
 runApplication blockMesh
 
-surfaces="
-    innerCylinder
-    innerCylinderSmall
-    outerCylinder
-    propellerTip
-    propellerStem1
-    propellerStem2
-    propellerStem3
-"
-
-for s in $surfaces; do
-    runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract -includedAngle 150 -minElem 10        \
-        constant/triSurface/$s.obj $s
-    mv log.surfaceFeatureExtract log.surfaceFeatureExtract.$s
-done
+runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract
 
 runApplication snappyHexMesh -overwrite
 # force removal of fields generated by snappy
diff --git a/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6333ec29b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/incompressible/pimpleDyMFoam/propeller/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
+| =========                 |                                                 |
+| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
+|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
+|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
+|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+FoamFile
+{
+    version     2.0;
+    format      ascii;
+    class       dictionary;
+    object      surfaceFeatureExtractDict;
+}
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+innerCylinder.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+innerCylinderSmall.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+outerCylinder.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+propellerStem1.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+propellerStem2.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+propellerStem3.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+propellerTip.obj
+{
+    #include "surfaceFeatureExtractDictDefaults"
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/Allrun b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/Allrun
index d4e853bb3f..dcbbfb47d4 100755
--- a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/Allrun
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cd ${0%/*} || exit 1    # run from this directory
 nProc=`grep numberOfSubdomains system/decomposeParDict \
      | sed s/"numberOfSubdomains *\(.*\);"/"\1"/`
 
-runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract constant/triSurface/flange.obj flange -includedAngle 155
+runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract
 
 # Create tight-fitting background mesh
 runApplication blockMesh
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
index a4c24aa610..ca6dfb9e7c 100644
--- a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ flange.obj
 
     // Write options
 
-        // Write .eMesh file (for snappyHexMesh)
-        writeFeatureEdgeMesh    no;
-
         // Write features to obj format for postprocessing
         writeObj                yes;
 }
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/Allrun b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/Allrun
index 5de37ba569..f1259d32d2 100755
--- a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/Allrun
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ surfaceOrient \
     constant/triSurface/domain_clean_orient.stl
     > log.surfaceOrient.domain 2>&1
 
-runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract \
-    constant/triSurface/coneAndSphere_clean_orient.obj \
-    coneAndSphere -includedAngle 125
+runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract
 mv log.surfaceFeatureExtract log.surfaceFeatureExtract.coneAndSphere_clean
 
 unset FOAM_SIGFPE
-runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract \
-    constant/triSurface/domain_clean_orient.stl \
-    domain -includedAngle 125
+runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract
 mv log.surfaceFeatureExtract log.surfaceFeatureExtract.domain
 
 # Generate aligned points (in constant/internalDelaunayVertices) and a
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..850a4ea41f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/cvMesh/simpleShapes/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
+| =========                 |                                                 |
+| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
+|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
+|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
+|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+FoamFile
+{
+    version     2.0;
+    format      ascii;
+    class       dictionary;
+    object      surfaceFeatureExtractDict;
+}
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+coneAndSphere_clean_orient.obj
+{
+    extractionMethod    extractFromSurface;
+
+    extractFromSurfaceCoeffs
+    {
+        // Mark edges whose adjacent surface normals are at an angle less
+        // than includedAngle as features
+        // - 0  : selects no edges
+        // - 180: selects all edges
+        includedAngle   125;
+    }
+
+    // Write options
+
+        // Write features to obj format for postprocessing
+        writeObj                no;
+}
+
+
+domain_clean_orient.stl
+{
+    extractionMethod    extractFromSurface;
+
+    extractFromSurfaceCoeffs
+    {
+        // Mark edges whose adjacent surface normals are at an angle less
+        // than includedAngle as features
+        // - 0  : selects no edges
+        // - 180: selects all edges
+        includedAngle   125;
+    }
+
+    // Write options
+
+        // Write features to obj format for postprocessing
+        writeObj                no;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/Allrun b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/Allrun
index 5d808c1f55..365020d19d 100755
--- a/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/Allrun
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/Allrun
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 cp $FOAM_TUTORIALS/resources/geometry/flange.stl.gz constant/triSurface/
 
 runApplication blockMesh
-runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract -includedAngle 150 -writeObj constant/triSurface/flange.stl flange
+runApplication surfaceFeatureExtract
 runApplication snappyHexMesh -overwrite
diff --git a/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21384ba40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tutorials/mesh/snappyHexMesh/flange/system/surfaceFeatureExtractDict
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
+| =========                 |                                                 |
+| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
+|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  dev                                   |
+|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.org                      |
+|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
+\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+FoamFile
+{
+    version     2.0;
+    format      ascii;
+    class       dictionary;
+    object      surfaceFeatureExtractDict;
+}
+// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //
+
+flange.stl
+{
+    // How to obtain raw features (extractFromFile || extractFromSurface)
+    extractionMethod    extractFromSurface;
+
+    extractFromSurfaceCoeffs
+    {
+        // Mark edges whose adjacent surface normals are at an angle less
+        // than includedAngle as features
+        // - 0  : selects no edges
+        // - 180: selects all edges
+        includedAngle   150;
+    }
+
+    // Write options
+
+        // Write features to obj format for postprocessing
+        writeObj                yes;
+}
+
+
+// ************************************************************************* //