Creating Chamfers

Chamfering is an operation of removing or adding a flat section from a selected edge to create a beveled surface between the two original faces common to that edge. You can create two chamfers by selecting two edges.

Before you begin:

To perform this task, create a simple pad similar to the one below.

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  1. Click Chamfer .

    The Chamfer Definition dialog box appears. The default parameters to be defined are Length1 and Angle.

  2. Select the edges to be chamfered.

    Chamfers can be created by selecting a face: the application chamfers its edges.



  3. Keep the default mode: enter a length value and an angle value.



  4. Optional: : Click Preview to see the chamfers to be created.

    The application previews the chamfers with the given values.



  5. In our scenario, because both selected edges imply no tangencies, the choice of a propagation mode is unnecessary. Click OK.

    The specification tree indicates this creation. These are your chamfers: