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Applying draft

Applying draft - Fusion 360 Tutorial

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Applying draft

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- Faces that lie along the axis of mold separation must include a shallow angle called draft, to make sure that the still hot part isn't distorted when it's ejected, or doesn't remain stuck in the mold cavity. When we created the bosses for the buttons, the support for the screen in the grill, we didn't include draft. So with Fusion 360, we can still add draft after the fact. Let's start out looking at the screen. The thing we need to pay attention to is how this part will be manufactured. There's always a parting line on every face along every edge. We need to understand which side of the mold we'll be creating that feature. The core and the cavity are what creates the model. Typically, the cavity is going to be the A side of the part. The A side of the part is the one that people will see. So the A side of this part will be this exterior. And the B side is the all important interior. That's going to be…

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