Taper Solid

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Used to taper one or more faces on a solid.

In operation, you can select one or more faces as follows:

• After selecting the solid, as you move the screen pointer over it, the face nearest the pointer highlights. A data point selects the highlighted face, which remains highlighted.

• You can select additional faces using <Ctrl> data points. That is, press <Ctrl> and move the pointer until the required face highlights. While holding down the <Ctrl> key, enter a data point to select the highlighted face.

• To select a face that is behind another in the view, enter a data point (or <Ctrl> data point) on the face, which will highlight the nearest face. Then enter Resets until the required face highlights.

• You can use Resets also to deselect an incorrect face. Where a number of faces have been selected, consecutive Resets will deselect them in the reverse order (that is, the last face selected is the first face deselected).

Tool Setting	Effect
Draft Angle	Sets the angle to be applied to the taper.
Add Smooth Faces	If on, any tangentially continuous faces are included with the selected face. If off, only the selected portion of the tangentially continuous face is tapered.

To taper one or more faces on a solid

1. Select the Taper Solid tool.


2. In the Draft Angle field, enter the required angle for the taper.


3. Identify the solid.
   The solid highlights.


4. Identify the face to taper.
   The selected face is highlighted.


5. (Optional) Select further faces to taper using <Ctrl> data points.


6. Accept the selected face(s).


7. Define (with a data point) the vector start point for the taper.


8. Define (with a data point) the vector end point for the taper.
   The vector start and end points define the direction of the taper, on to which the Draft Angle is applied. On defining the vector end point, the taper is constructed.

   Selecting a face with Add Smooth Faces off, left. The result, right.

   Selecting a face with Add Smooth Faces on, left. The result, right.

Key-in: CONSTRUCT TAPER