Limiting a radius
Limiting a radius
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I am trying to add a radius between two faces
Regarless of what I try, I cannot confine the radius to just the edge shown in green. It propogates all away around the perimiter of the part.
How can the radius start and stop points be limited? I am using SW2009
Regarless of what I try, I cannot confine the radius to just the edge shown in green. It propogates all away around the perimiter of the part.
How can the radius start and stop points be limited? I am using SW2009






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Chris
SolidWorks 09 SP4.1
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Pasting features over finishing fillets is a filthy habit, anyhow.
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Is there some tips you can provide on the best methode in sequencing though filleting?
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1) Learn what all of the options do.
2) Lots of practice.
3) The only rule that seems to stand the test of time is to put your fillets on the bottom of the tree.
Fillets have improved greatly over the years, but it's still sometimes a crapshoot getting your design intent into the model.
-b
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Chris
SolidWorks 09 SP4.1
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One thing I've found helpful in more than one CAD system is to try to build tangent loops when filleting/rounding. A simple example is creating a fillet on the four vertical edges of a square pocket in one operation and then adding another operation to add the fillet to the bottom of the pocket (with tangent propagation turned on you will only need to select one edge).
Yes, you could do this all in one operation but I personally find it cleaner to use multiple steps.
RE: Limiting a radius
Solidworks sees that edge as being continuous. You need to break the continuity.
Sketch a rectangle with one of its edges at the end of line you want to fillet.
Use Cut-Extrude to remove a small section of the model.
Add your fillet. It can't possibly propogate the fillet further because it isn't continuous.
Go back and extrude a section to replace the material removed from the cut that you made in the previous step.
Very last case. Very hack way of doing this. Apologize in advance to anyone who may have to go back and work on your model.
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Brad Stoner
Engineer/Product Development
Legacy Manufacturing
SWx 2006x64 sp4.0
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It sounds like fillets are a thron in everyones sides. I was able to do what I needed by changing the filleting sequence. I have been working with Solidworks now for 7 years and I still find this the most frustrating part of building a model.
Thanks for all of your help
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