Creo enhancement for draft tangent connections on COS curves

User Interface Location: Click Style > Curve Edit.
Release: Creo Parametric 9.0.0.0

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What is the benefit of this enhancement?
You can now create a draft tangent connection in Style for Curve on Surface (COS) curves.

While editing a curve, you can select its endpoint to display the tangent control, then right-click and use the new Draft Tangent option. To define the connection, you must select additional references such as a datum plane or a surface, along with the corresponding connection curve.

By default, the draft angle is derived from the surface used for the COS, and you can easily modify this draft angle as required.

This command is useful for defining a draft tangent connection at the endpoint of a curve relative to a surface or datum plane.

Previously, you had to manually drag the tangent control to approximate the draft direction for a COS curve, or use other connection types to get close to the required draft angle.

This enhancement gives you better control while editing curves in Style, helps capture the design intent more accurately, and improves geometry reconstruction in Generative Design when using the Parting Line manufacturing constraint.

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