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The Variable Radius Fillet command
creates a curved face of a variable radius that is tangent to, and that
joins two surfaces. A variable radius corner means that at least two
different constant radii are applied to two entire edges. The command
allows you to define the two types of variation to the variable radius
fillet:
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Open the
Variable_Fillet.CATPart
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Click the Variable Radius Fillet
icon .
The Variable Radius Fillet Definition dialog box is displayed.
Default options let you define a Cubic variation of the Variable Fillet.
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Select the edge to be filleted. You can define variable
radius fillets on closed edges.
The application detects both vertices and displays two identical radius
values.
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Double-click on the radius to access the Parameter
Definition dialog box. For example, enter 50mm.
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Click the icon
at the right of the
Points field. Select
Variable_Plane in the geometry.
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Double-click Variable_Plane radius.
For example, enter 10mm.
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Select OK in Variable Radius Fillet Definition
dialog box.
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Limiting
Elements
To 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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Four additional options are available. To know
how to use:
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Click the icon of
Limiting element(s) field, then select Limit_Plane in the geometry.
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Click this arrow to reverse the direction and therefore
specify the portion of material that will be kept.
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Click OK.
The variable radius fillet is trimmed to Limit_Plane. The
final part looks like this:
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