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I stand corrected on a previous article<\/strong><\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I originally made a misstatement regarding the capabilities of SolidWorks to create drafts on ribs based on curved surfaces with controlled root widths.\u00c2\u00a0 As far as an explanation for this oversight, I can only say what didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work for me last week worked this week, and that my VAR has some new inexperienced people on their phone support.\u00c2\u00a0 Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the basics that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work before but work today.<\/p>\n

SolidWorks does allow one to control the root width of a rib feature on a curved surface with the draft feature.\u00c2\u00a0 This means that draft will diminish from the ribs base, even if it is from a curved surface.\u00c2\u00a0 To apply a draft to such a rib, simply use the parting line option and pick a perpendicular plane or a parallel line\/entity for the direction of draft.\u00c2\u00a0 For the parting line, choose each of the edges where the rib intersects its curved surface base.\u00c2\u00a0 If necessary, toggle the direction of draft.\u00c2\u00a0 That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s it.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, this method is still imperfect.\u00c2\u00a0 The question is, why doesn’t the draft feature just know that I want to pull it from the root?\u00c2\u00a0 It seems illogical to require a neutral plane at all since each rib has only two ends.\u00c2\u00a0 Why not just ask the user for the end to draft from?\u00c2\u00a0 I guess if someone\u00c2\u00a0wants to use draft to add angle to a rib long its left to right\/up to down, then making this assumption wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work.\u00c2\u00a0 I doubt that would be much of an issue however, since that is not what a rib nor a draft is supposed to be.<\/p>\n

The alternative method I posted last weekend should be referenced as a case of bad practice that works and should only be used if nothing else does.\u00c2\u00a0 Edit: however, it is a good demonstration of how to get a line along a curved surface into a sketch.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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