Adding fillet between lofts
Adding fillet between lofts
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Hi guys.
I'm back running on SolidWorks 2009 SP4 (after 3.5 years).
I have two lofts merging on a part. How can I select the edge between them to create a fillet? It wants to select the faces and I don't see an option for selecting the edge.
Attached is a .jpg.
I'm back running on SolidWorks 2009 SP4 (after 3.5 years).
I have two lofts merging on a part. How can I select the edge between them to create a fillet? It wants to select the faces and I don't see an option for selecting the edge.
Attached is a .jpg.
Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Solidworks isn't going to let you fillet between two seperate bodies like that.
James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Chris
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Dan
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Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
If not that, have you tried trimming one away from the other, then trying to combine?
What was the method you used to create the two lofts? Is this two features in a single master part, or two parts in an assembly?
I'd say post it up, but I'm on SW 2006 still so I can't exactly play with it for you. Best I can do is understand how you created them.
James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
One other possibility with something like this is that the vertex you're attempting to fillet might go from concave to slightly convex at the end of your loft. If so, this will get a bit more complicated, since a fillet cannot invert itself while holding a radius (passes through either infinity or zero--bad mojo). I have a fix for that, but let's see if the body issue reveals anything first.
Jeff Mowry
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
The go thru each other making the intersecting edge.
Interesting, when my boss did this on his part, it worked. The combine will not allow selection of surface loft edges.
Chris
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
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Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
ctopher's home
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
The trim feature does not like the lofts.
I will wait for my boss and ask how did he do it. I copies his model, but the fillet does not behave the same as his. Maybe his was v2008 and I'm in v2009? I will ask him.
Chris
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Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Can you select other surface or solid edges?
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
i think what I will do...this is a molded part, I will create the fillet within the mold itself.
Chris
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Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
ctopher's home
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.
RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Chris
SolidWorks 09, CATIA V5
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Have you tried the atomic bomb of fillets?
TOP
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
I have not.
To fix the problem I added the fillet on the mold after it was created.
Thanks!
Chris
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RE: Adding fillet between lofts
Didn't you create the mold directly from the part?
I think I would figure out how to model the part.
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Chris
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