Specify the pull direction

Specify the pull direction to correspond with how the metal injection mold will be manufactured. This enables an accurate representation of problems with draft angles and undercuts in the current design.

1. Click Home tab > Actions panel > Pull Direction. The Pull Direction Tab is opened.
2. Click on the surface of the part and a pull direction will be set perpendicular to the surface tangent.

   This is represented by yellow arrow within a circular representation of the pull direction axes.

Note: Click on another point of the part and the pull direction will be based on the surface tangent at the new location.

The pull direction can be specified by one of the following methods.

Manual adjustment

Click and drag the yellow pull direction arrow to the desired orientation.

Defined rotation

The pull direction axes can be different to the axes of the part. For this reason, each rotation angle is defined independently.

1. Click on the colored disc that represents the plane the pull direction is to be rotated through.

   The disc is highlighted with a white circumference and text box appears on the screen.

   

2. Enter the required angle of rotation in the text box and click OK.
   The pull direction arrow is rotated and the indicator widgets are recalculated.

   Note: Multiple angles of rotation are cumulative.
3. Select and enter angles of rotation for the remaining two planes.
4. When the final pull direction has been defined, click Pull Direction tab > Exit > Finish Pull Direction.

   The Pull Direction tab and the pull direction arrow are closed.