Creating a Draft from Reflect Lines

You can draft a face by using reflect lines as neutral lines from which the resulting faces will be generated. You can also trim the material to be created by defining a parting element.

Before you begin: Create a cylindrical surface and close it.
Related Topics
Creating Volumes
Creating a Draft

  1. Click Draft Reflect line from the Volume drafts sub-toolbar.

    The Draft Reflect Line Definition dialog box is displayed and an arrow appears, indicating the default pulling direction. The default direction is normal to the face.

    You can click on the arrow to reverse the direction.



  2. Select the cylinder.

  3. Enter an angle value in the Angle field. The reflect line is moved accordingly.

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



  5. Click More>> to access further options.



  6. Select the Define parting element check box and select a plane as the parting element.

  7. Click OK to confirm the operation.

    The element (identified as Draft.xxx) is added to the specification tree.



    For more information, refer Part Design User's Guide : Creating Basic Drafts.