Creating Both Side Drafts

Draft Both Sides lets you draft faces on each side of a parting element you determine.

This task shows you how to:

Use Two Different Computation Modes

  1. To draft two faces with reflect lines, keep Reflect/Reflect, which is the default option, on. Using this option, the neutral faces are the filleted edges and the faces to draft are automatically defined by the neutral elements as being the tangent faces.
  2. To be able to specify two different angle values select Independent in the Computation method combo list. The help image reflects the parameters you have selected and the dialog box now displays two angle value boxes.
  3. Select Parting Element and select the green surface as the parting element.
  4. Click the Neutral Element 1st Side box and as the neutral element you need, select the fillet.
  5. In the 1st Side Angle box, enter 6 as the draft angle value you want to assign to this face.
  6. To define the second face you want to draft, click the Neutral Element 2nd Side box and select the second fillet.
  7. In the 2nd Side Angle box, enter 10 as the draft angle value you want to assign to this face. Both faces to be drafted are now selected. The app displays the reflect line in pink.
  8. Click OK to confirm. Two faces on each side of the parting element are drafted. Each of them is assigned a distinct angle value.
  9. Double-click the draft feature in the tree to remove this step.
  10. Set Fitted.

Use the Parting Line Adjustment Option

  1. Double-click Draft.1 in the specification tree to edit it.
  2. Enter 17 degrees to change the draft angle value you previously set to the draft.
  3. Click the More tab.
  4. Keep 0.1mm as the parting line adjustment value.
  5. If you click Top in the View section of the action bar, the curvature radius causing trouble for being too small, becomes more visible.
  6. Now, changing the parting line adjustment value to 0.7 mm would add material up to the curve. Consequently, the curvature radius would be more acceptable.