Adding Draft

Not all faces meet the .5° specified in Draft Angle . Use the Draft tool to add draft to the faces.

1. Click Draft (Mold Tools or Features toolbar).

2. In the PropertyManager, select Parting Line in Type of Draft.

3. Set Draft Angle to 1.

4. Under Direction of Pull:

• Select Top in the FeatureManager design tree.

• If necessary, click Reverse Direction so the preview arrow points down.

Why did I do this?

5. Click Dimetric (Standard Views toolbar).

6. For Parting Lines , select each edge along the bottom of the model. You can select each edge individually, or right-click one edge and click Select Tangency.
   
   
   
   

7. Click to add the draft.

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