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Compound Blends

Compound Blends

Compound Blends

(OP)
I need some assistance on creating a compound blend on the root fillet of a blade. I thought it may be in the Face Blend command but I could not get it to work. I need to have 2 different Radii on the leading edge and trailing edge and 2 different radii on the suction side and pressure side.

RE: Compound Blends

Do you need a smooth transition between the different blend radii? Try a variable radii blend.

Ben Loosli
CAD/CAM System Analyst
Ingersoll-Rand

RE: Compound Blends

(OP)
Yes it does need to be a smooth transition. I am using V18 and I don't see a variable blend option. I am assuming that the solution lies in the Face Blend menu.

RE: Compound Blends

You can perform variable blends with either edge blends or face blends. If you use the edge blend method you pick the edge you want blended then pick point(s) along the edge and it will allow you to specify a radius at that point. I reccomend reading some documentation on the feature as it has some subtleties that cannot adequately be covered in a short post.

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