Drafting a Face

  1. (Optional) Insert a plane around which you want to draft faces.You need to do this when you want to draft around a plane that doesn't already exist as geometry in the design.
  2. Click Pull in the Edit group on the Design tab. The Select tool guide on the right side of the Design window should be active.
  3. Select the face or contiguous faces you want to draft.
  4. Alt+click the plane, face (including rounds), or surface about which you want to draft. When using a surface as a neutral plane, you can select the surface in the structure tree. You can also select the Draft tool guide , then click the face or surface. The draft plane, face, or surface is shown in blue.
    Tip: When you need to select more than one face or surface for the Alt-reference (or after selecting the Draft tool guide) then you have to hold the Ctrl and the Alt keys while selecting the additional references.

    If you select one edge loop, you can create an edge-driven draft. If you select two edge loops, you can create a split draft.

  5. Click and drag in the direction of the Pull arrow to draft the selected faces.To dimension the draft, type the rotation angle while you are pulling and press Enter.

The common pull options are described in Pull Options. Once you select the edge or face to pull, select these options from the Options panel, or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar: