Creating Drafts from Reflect Lines

You can draft a face by using reflect lines as neutral lines from which the resulting faces will be generated.

In this scenario, you will also trim the material to be created by defining a parting element.

Related Topics
More about Draft Features
About Feature Modifiers
Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context

  1. Click Draft Reflect Line .

    The Draft Reflect Line Definition dialog box appears. The arrow indicates the default pulling direction.



    Important: Contextual commands creating the pulling directions you need are available from the Selection box:
    • Create Line: For more information, see Generative Shape Design User's Guide: Creating Wireframe Geometry: Creating Lines.
    • Create Plane: See Generative Shape Design User's Guide: Creating Wireframe Geometry: Creating Planes.
    • X Axis: The X axis of the current coordinate system origin (0,0,0) becomes the direction.
    • Y Axis: The Y axis of the current coordinate system origin (0,0,0) becomes the direction.
    • Z Axis: The Z axis of the current coordinate system origin (0,0,0) becomes the direction
    If you create any of these elements, the application then displays the corresponding icon next to the Selection box. Clicking this icon enables you to edit the element.

  2. Select the cylinder.

    The application detects one reflect line and displays it in pink. This line is used to support the drafted faces.



    Tip: The icon now available after the Faces to draft box lets you edit the list of the faces to be drafted. For more information about that capability, refer to Editing a List of Elements.

  3. Enter an angle value in the Angle box. For example, enter 11. The reflect line is moved accordingly.

  4. Click Preview to get an idea of what the draft will look like.



  5. Click More>> to expand the dialog box.

  6. Check the Define parting element option and select plane zx as the parting element.

    Important: The Limiting Element(s) option limits the face to be drafted by selecting one or more faces or planes that intersect it completely. To know how to use this option, see Basic Draft.

  7. Click OK to create the draft.