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rohit_rajan15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
February 19, 2015
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what is the benefit of the introduction of taper option in extrude?

  • February 19, 2015
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what is the benefit of the introduction of taper option in extrude?when there is a full fledged separate draft option.

too many same time of options create a lot of confusion like in ...solidworks...there are three known option to select sketch..either through the main tool bar,or right click or by pressing "S".

this over simplification is not necessary.

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    pimm15-Moonstone
    15-Moonstone
    February 19, 2015

    In our application we find the extrude taper beneficial as it eliminates an extra step.

    The parts we build include draft. It is helpful to extrude drafted features with this taper.

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      Constantin15-Moonstone
      15-Moonstone
      February 19, 2015

      I think it is really a question of the construction method.
      I advise to use two separate features because it makes it easier to suppress just the draft if needed in the development process.
      But I am aware that other designer go for as few features as possible.

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        dgschaefer21-Topaz II
        21-Topaz II
        February 19, 2015

        I teach my users not to use it. It feels handy and like a time saver, but it typically makes downstream features more difficult and can make later changes to that feature more difficult.

        I wouldn't argue that it shouldn't be included in the software, just that robust modeling would limit its use.

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          TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
          17-Peridot
          February 20, 2015

          Personally I think it needs one other option -added-... taper in the opposite direction for the second direction.

          It is silly that it tapers + on one side and - on the other.

          When you do text impressions, I wouldn't use anything else.

          Maybe a multi-step taper would be even better!

          There are a lot of features that have a common taper to them. Collets for instance... 5 degrees every time. O-ring gland walls... taper dowel pins...

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          rohit_rajan15-MoonstoneAuthor
          15-Moonstone
          February 20, 2015

          that way the Draft option would become redundant Antonius.

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          Patriot_177622-Sapphire II
          22-Sapphire II
          February 20, 2015

          Well, I'm on an old version of creo, but I'd like the option to do an extrude with draft. If I'm doing a REALLY simple part, or, as Antonious suggested, text, then it's a no-brainer. But if I'm doing a complex part, I might not use it. ALTHOUGH, it might help with parent-child relationships in large complex parts, to keep rounds from failing, etc.

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