Recognizing a Draft

 

This task shows you how to recognize a basic draft in a single step.

Open the Tasks_1.CATPart document.

  1. Click the Manual Feature Recognition icon .
    The Feature Recognition dialog box that appears displays a list of features you can recognize.

  2. Using this product release, the features you can recognize are the following ones:

    • Pad
    • Pocket
    • Hole
    • Fillet
    • Chamfer
    • Shaft
    • Groove
    • Boolean
    • Draft

    Check the Draft option. This product release lets you recognize constant angle drafts.

  3. Select all the green faces.

  4. Check the Neutral Element field and select the yellow face as the neutral planar element.

  5. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box.
    A draft feature has been recognized. Draft.1 has been added to the specification tree.
If your part contains drafted filleted features, you need to recognize fillets prior to recognizing drafts.