Parting Line with
Step Draft
A step draft is a variation of a parting
line draft. The step draft creates one face rotated about the plane used
as the Direction of Pull. This
results in small faces, representing the steps (highlighted in blue in
the example below).
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Model with parting line |
Parting line draft |
Parting line with step draft |
You can check the draft angles on your model using the draft analysis tool. Draft analysis
creates a color-coded rendition of the model faces based on the angle
and the direction of pull criteria that you specify.
To insert a draft angle using parting
line with step draft:
Sketch the part to be drafted.
Create a plane.
Create the desired parting line. Make sure that:
At least one parting line segment is coincident
to the parting plane on each draft face.
All other parting line segments are in the pull
direction of the plane.
None of the parting line segments are perpendicular
to the plane.
Insert a split line curve.
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Click Draft
on the Features toolbar or click Insert, Features,
Draft.
Under Type of
draft, select Step Draft.
Under Draft Angle , enter the number
of degrees.
Under Direction
of Pull:
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Under Parting
Lines :
Select the parting line segments in the graphics
area. Note the direction of the preview arrow.
Click Other Face
to specify a different draft direction for each segment of the parting
line.
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Select a type in Face propagation:
None. Draft only the selected
face. Along Tangent. Extend the
draft to all faces that are tangent to the selected face (faces that meet
with fillets or rounds.)
Click OK
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