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How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

(OP)
I have an edge which I want half filleted, and the other half left square. I inserted a split line so that I could select only the portion of the edge I want to have a fillet, but the fillet still continues throughout the entire edge? Is there any way to do this with the fillet tool instead of a swept cut?

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

There was a thread on this several months ago.  My recollection was that the consensus was to make a thin cut instead of the split line.  Then fillet the side you want.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

I don't believe so, due to the fact a fillet is a bolean operation.
That would be a good one to know, but I think a cut or split body is the only way. split face won't do it, because a fillet can't generate that additional surface.

StrykerTECH Engineering Staff
http://www.stryker-tech.com/

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

The way I used to do this--that left no trace--was to extrude a small wall on the edge of one surface where I wanted the fillet to stop.  After the fillet, cut the extrusion away again.  The only trace is the features in the tree.

 

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

(OP)
I went there to vote, but it gave a message about the idea being deleted.

I went ahead and did a swept cut; that way I was also able to accurately model how the entry point would actually look using a radius cutter, instead of having it stop dead.

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

I do it the same way as Jeff.  It works great, and allows you to regain control of your fillet in tricky spots, especially corners.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog

RE: How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

Loft cuts and manually creating the end condition with another feature is the way I'd go about it if you can't create the split line.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP

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