Draft

1. Click and select Neutral plane.

   

2. With focus on the Neutral plane field in the dialog, click on the entity to act as the neutral plane. (You can select the face of the part or a mate connector to act as a neutral plane.)
3. Click in the Entities to draft field, then select (all of) the faces to which to apply the draft.
4. Specify the degree of draft in the numeric field.
5. Indicate whether to apply the draft along tangent propagation; this applies the draft to all tangent faces.

   Note that: Tangent propagation selects only faces that are steeper than the draft angle. In all cases, fillets that are not steep will be reapplied.

6. Optionally, indicate to Reapply fillets: steep fillet faces are treated as draft faces, not fillet faces. This converts those fillet faces to cones. Frequently, with large draft angles, this produces undesirable geometry. Leaving Reapply fillets unchecked, steep fillet faces are treated as fillets and reblended. This results in cylindrical faces instead of cones, and more often produces a desirable result.

7. Optionally, use the slider to visualize the difference between before the draft is applied and after.
8. Click .

Drafting along a parting line requires an existing parting line along a face (or faces) before beginning the draft operation. Create a parting line using the Split tool and split a face (or faces), not a part.

1. Click and select Parting line.

   

2. With focus on the Pull direction field in the dialog, click on the face or Mate connector (inferred or existing) of the part to act as a neutral plane, along the primary axis.
3. Click in the Parting edges field, then select the line you created as the parting line.

   Check Parting line propagation to extend the draft along the entire parting line to tangential faces only. Multi-select is also available for selecting multiple line segments, tangential or not.

4. Select the sides of the parting to which to apply the draft: One sided, Symmetric, or Two sided. (Use the Switch face arrow to flip from one face to the opposing face.)
5. Specify the degree of draft in the numeric field.
6. Optionally, indicate to Reapply fillets: steep fillet faces are treated as draft faces, not fillet faces. This generates cones and preserves the parting line edges. Frequently, with large draft angles, this produces undesirable geometry. Leaving Reapply fillets unchecked, steep fillet faces are treated as fillets and reblended. This results in cylindrical faces instead of cones, modifies the parting line edges and more often produces a desirable result.

7. Optionally, use the slider to visualize the difference between before the draft is applied and after.
8. Click .