Draft hinge

[ThetaJC]

Greetings,

I was wondering if someone could tell me how to create a draft hinge curve on a solid based curved surface. For instance imagine I extruded an ellipse and wished to generate a draft on the curved portion of the extruded ellipse BUT I want to have the draft hinge follow the curved surface using an arbitrary curve that I define on this surface. A plane used to define the hinge of the draft in this case fails to meet my need.

Thank you



ThetaJC
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[ThetaJC]

FYI, this is for Pro E Wildfire 3.0.

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[RayTrowsdale]

Try projecting a datum curve onto your curved surface then use this as a neutral curve for your draft.

Ray