Reshaping Corners

Sometimes, while filleting, you can see that corners resulting from the operation are not satisfactory. The Blend Corners capability lets you quickly reshape these corners.

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Creating Variable Radius Fillets
Creating Face-Face Fillets
Creating Tritangent Fillets

  1. Click Edge Fillet and fillet the four edges as shown in red below.

    Important: When you select edges, the order of selection affects the final shape of the fillet. This explains why you may sometimes encounter error messages when filleting.
    To obtain the shape we need for our scenario, select the edges counter-clockwise.

  2. Take a closer look at the resulting corner : the shape style is not satisfactory.



  3. To round the corner again, double-click the fillet and in the dialog box click More to access additional options.

  4. Right-click the Blend corners field and select Create by edges.

    In our example, only one corner is detected. The application shows it in the geometry area.



  5. The setback distance determines for each edge a free area measured from the vertex along the edge. In this area, the system adds material so as to improve the corner shape.



    Tip: The Blend Corner option is available via the Variable Radius Fillet command too.

  6. Enter a value in the setback distance box. For example, 13.

  7. Click Preview to examine the result. To edit the distance for the top edge, click 13 and enter 22 as the new value in the Setback distance box.

  8. Repeat the operation for the edge below using the same distance value.



  9. Click OK to confirm the operation. The corner is reshaped and is now satisfactory.