Drafting in NX 7.5

[jonmwilson]

I have modeled a flat plate and united a cylinder that is perpindicular to the plate surface. Is there a way to draft the surface of the plate from the edges to the center axis of the cylinder? The plate is octagonal shape so each draft direction for a particular edge would be different. This is where I am running into trouble. Thanks.

 

[jerry1423]

I think you will need to add draft to one surface at a time to get what you want.
It's a bit hard to tell without the model itself.

 

[jonmwilson]

Attached is a quick model to help explain. I would like to draft the top surface of the plate so that all the edges slope up to the cylinder approximately 7 degrees.

 

[cowski]

Not sure this is quite what you want, but it is one possible strategy (of many).

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...-443e-9106-78ce5fd93913&file=Draft_Sample.prt

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[SDETERS]

Could you revolve a cone for this to work?

 

[jonmwilson]

That is very close to what I am looking for SDETERS except by doing that, the thickness along the edge now varies. I would like to have a uniform thickness at the edge if at all possible.

 

[Toost]

And here's another method
I created a circle on the cylinder and then a Trough Curves between the circle and the octagon. The points on the circle is spread by drag-drop and could be improved.

Regards,
Tomas

 

[jonmwilson]

Thanks! I didn't think about doing it that way.