To Create a Draft Feature
This procedure describes the steps necessary to create a basic Draft feature. All other procedures for creating Draft features are based on this one.
1. Click
Model >
Draft. The
Draft tab opens.
2. Click the References tab, click the Draft surfaces collector, and select the surface or surfaces to draft.
| • You can also select one or more draft surfaces before entering the Draft tool. • You can also click Details to open the Surface Sets dialog box to collect surfaces. • You can select open surfaces as draft surfaces. An open surface is a surface that has at least one one-sided edge. |
3. To select the draft hinge, click the
Draft hinges collector on the
References tab or the
collector on the
Draft tab and select a plane, a quilt, or a curve chain located on the draft surfaces.
| If you do not have a plane, quilt, or curve to use as a draft hinge, you can pause the Draft tool and create one asynchronously, then resume the Draft tool. |
4. To set the pull direction, click the
Pull direction collector on the
References tab or the
collector on the
Draft tab and select a plane (in which case the pull direction is normal to this plane), a straight edge, a datum axis, or an axis of a coordinate system. The pull direction is the direction you would pull the part out of a mold.
The pull direction is indicated with an arrow, and the preview geometry for a constant draft with the default angle of 1° is shown. The default draft angle value is displayed in the graphics window and in the
box. Two drag handles are also shown, a round one, located on the draft hinge or on the draft surface contour, and a square one, connected to the draft angle.
5. To modify the draft angle, type or select a value in the
box on the
Draft tab. You can also drag the square handle connected to the draft angle, or double-click the draft angle value in the graphics window and type or select a value.
6. If needed, to flip the draft angle, click
to the right of the
box to add or remove material. You can also drag the square handle connected to the draft angle to the other side of the part surface to which it is attached, or type a negative draft angle value.
7. If needed, to flip the pull direction, click the pull direction arrow in the graphics window. You can also click
to the right of the
collector on the
Draft tab, or click
Flip on the
References tab.
| Flipping the pull direction affects the direction of the draft angle. |
8. Use other options in the Draft user interface to create more complex draft geometry, if necessary. For more information, refer to the Related Links.
9. Click
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