Recognizing a Draft

You can recognize a basic draft by selecting the Draft option in the Feature Recognition dialog box.

  1. From the Recognize section of the action bar, click Manual Feature Recognition . The Feature Recognition dialog box that appears displays a list of features you can recognize.
    Important: Using this product release, the features you can recognize are the following ones:
    • Pad
    • Pocket
    • Hole
    • Fillet
    • Chamfer
    • Shaft
    • Groove
    • Boolean
    • Draft
  2. Select Draft. This product release lets you recognize constant angle drafts.
  3. Select all the green faces. Once selected, the faces are pink.
  4. Select the Neutral Element box and select the blue face as the neutral planar element.
  5. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box. A draft feature has been recognized. Draft.1 has been added to the tree.
    If your 3D shape contains drafted filleted features, you need to recognize fillets prior to recognizing drafts.