Creating Variable Angle Drafts

You can create a draft using different angle values.

Note: Depending on your role, you may not have access to this functionality.

Before you begin:
  • Open a 3D shape representation.
See Also
Creating Drafts from Reflect Lines
About Basic Drafts
  1. From the Refine section of the action bar, click Variable Angle Draft .
    Tip: You can also use Draft , then click Variable option available in the dialog box.
    The Draft.x dialog box that appears, displays the variable angle draft option as activated.
  2. Select the face that you want to draft.
    Warning: Multi-selecting faces that are not continuous in tangency is not allowed for this command.
  3. Select a face or a plane as the neutral element.
    An arrow appears on the 3D shape, indicating the default pulling direction. The app detects two vertices and displays two identical radius values.



  4. In the Angle box, enter the required value or use the handles to change the angle value. Only one value is modified in the 3D.


  5. To modify another angle value, select the value in the 3D area and change the angle value in the dialog box.
    Tip: You can double-click the value in 3D, and in the Parameter Definition dialog box, enter the required angle value.
  6. To add a point on the edge, click the Points box.
  7. Click a point on the edge.
    • The app displays the angle value on this point.
    • You can add as many points as required. You can also add points by selecting 3D planes or 3D points. In this case, the app computes the intersections between these planes and the edge to determine the useful points or the projections onto the edge.
    • If after clicking the required points, you decide to change the faces to draft or the neutral element, the app removes the points and lets you define points again.
    • Note that to remove a point from the selection, you need to click this point.
    • Contextual commands creating the points you need are available from the Points box.

      If you create any of these elements, the app then displays the corresponding icon in front of the Points box. Clicking this icon enables you to edit the element.

  8. Modify the angle value for the new point.


  9. Click OK.


Note: When creating variable points if closed edges, you can use only 3D points or 3D planes to define your draft.