Creating a Fillet Problem
Creating a Fillet Problem
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I need to create a fillet at the intersection between two solids and I'm having trouble because Solidworks thinks there is a gap between them. I've tried everything to get rid of this infinitesimal gap but its no good.
Does anyone have anykind of suggestions because every time I use the fillet command it tries to round the bottom of one of the solids instead of creating a fillet between them.
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Does anyone have anykind of suggestions because every time I use the fillet command it tries to round the bottom of one of the solids instead of creating a fillet between them.
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The Merge option is available when creating features.
So you will have to go back and edit the feature which was created last (of the two bodies being filleted) and enable the Merge option, before adding the fillet.
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Extrude Property manager --> Merge --> http://help.solidworks.com/2012/English/solidworks...
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@CorBlimeyLimey I looked at both of the help links you posted, and neither was really helpful. The merge checkbox in the knit command appears to just merge similar geometry, not merge it with the base solid. The merge command for extruding doesn't help because I'm not extruding anything.
Since the problem seems to be that the face fillet command won't fillet between two different solids, which I think is silly. I tried combing the solids with Combine command but it failed due to unstated geometric problems, probably related to fact that their is an infinitesimal gap between the two solids.
So I'm sitting here unable to move forward.
Perhaps I could create the needed fillets while the knitted solid is still a bunch of surfaces, but that won't help with the gap between the two solids. Which will give me big headaches farther down the line.
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It sounds like you are relatively new to SolidWorks. The problems you are having are unusual for a skilled user. If you are a new user I highly recommend that you invest in going through the excellent SolidWorks Tutorials (Help -> SolidWorks Tutorials).
If on the other hand you are an experienced user then you will need to find a way to share your file(s) with us. Perhaps you can recreate the same problem conditions on a new generic part and post that.
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Why is there an "infinitesimal" gap? Can you not adjust the model to eliminate the gap?
Could you use a Sweep instead of a Fillet?
It's difficult to suggest how to achieve what you want, without knowing what you have.
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Is there some sort of inherent geometric error in the functions I'm using? Am I doing this in an ass backward way? Am I just stupid?
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Instead of Up to Surface, could you have used the Up to Body option?
Is the gap measure-able, or is it just a visual graphics limitation?
It sounds like you are trying to fillet between a surface & a body or other surface ... both conditions are not possible.
Can you thicken the surface and then use the Combine function? If so you should then be able to add the fillet.
If the gap actually exists, can you extend the surface into the solid body (from which the zero-offset was created), and then thicken & combine?
Too may variables and too little information.
Are you just stupid? I doubt it, but then again there is yet too little information supplied to form a conclusive opinion.
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@CorBlimeyLimey By the time I'm trying to fillet, both objects are solids. I've knitted together the surfaces into a solid.
I guess then my main problem is not doing the fillet
It is combining these two bodies.
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Can you make up a dummy part that exhibits the same behavior without giving away any proprietary information.
(I can tell you from my experience when I have users do this exercise they often come up with the solution in the process.)
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I'll keep working on it.
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Can take your real file and cut away the proprietary features, leaving only the problem area, and save that as a Parasolid and post that? Even though it would not show us how you made the features in that area, it would at least show us the result and we might still be able to help you.
Giving us something is better than nothing.
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Can you copy the part and then change the profiles, to get around the proprietary data, but leave enough to still show the problem? Even an image of the problem area might help.
Do the contents of the Solid Bodies & Surface Bodies folders match what you expect?
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http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=b...
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=a...
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=5...
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Do you belong to a local User Group? Maybe someone from there could take a look.
To offer more pertinent advice, the actual model features need to be interrogated. The parasolid file shows the problem, but not the underlying cause.
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I'm thinking is fillet even the best command to do what I'm trying to do?
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http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=f...
(For some reason they uncombined when I made a parasolid of it, so you need to use combine again to attempt to use the Fillet command)
If anyone can put a fillet around the base of at least .1 inches or up. I will give them a high five.
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Well that makes me feel like forty seven million times better.
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Other than go back to when it was generated and try to fix it?
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Sometimes even running through the export as parasolid & Import Diagnostics a couple of times will fix the problem.