The Chordal Fillet command is used
to control the width of the fillet (distance between the 2 rolling
edges) which is also called as chordal length.
The command allows you to define the two types of variation to the chordal fillet:
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Open the Chordal_Fillet.CATPart document. | |
Click Chordal Fillet
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For Part Design workbench, Click Chordal Fillet . For Generative Shape Design workbench, Click Chordal Fillet . |
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The Support and Extremities fields are not seen in the Part Design workbench. |
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Select the edge to be filleted. You can define chordal fillets on closed edges. Double-click on the chordal length to access the Parameter
Definition dialog box. For example, enter 50mm. Click the icon at the right of the Points field. Select Variable_Plane in the geometry. |
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You can define fillet with variable width by specifying intermediate points. |
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Double-click Variable_Plane chordal length.
For example, enter 20mm. Select OK in Chordal Fillet Definition
dialog box. |
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You can select the
Conic parameter check box. This check box allows you to
vary the section of the fillet. For a parameter comprised between or equal to:
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Limiting ElementsTo edit this fillet, double-click EdgeFillet.1
in the specification tree. Click the More button to access the
Limiting element option. |
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Click the icon of Limiting element(s) field, then select Limit_Plane in the geometry. Click this arrow to reverse the direction and therefore specify the portion of material that will be kept. Click OK.
The variable radius fillet is trimmed to Limit_Plane. The
final part looks like this: |
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