To Define the Draft Environment
Before you can create draft line features, such as draft and parting curves, you must define the draft environment, which consists of a Pull Direction and a parting surface. If you have a default Pull Direction defined in the model, the system will implicitly use it for draft environment. You need only Pull Direction to create draft curves, but you have to define a parting surface to be able to create parting curves.
1. Activate the reference part.
2. On the Mold or Cast tab, click Draft Line.
3. Specify a name for the draft line. The DRAFT LINE menu appears with Dft Envrnmt chosen automatically; this causes the SEL ELEMENT menu to appear.
4. Select Pull Dir and Parting Surf, and then click Done on the SEL ELEMENT menu to specify the draft line elements.
5. Specify the pull direction by selecting a plane to define the pull direction, and click Flip or Okay in response to the indicated pull direction.
6. Select the parting surface. Any quilt in the reference model may be selected as the parting surface.