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Edge fillets
are useful to provide a transitional surface along a sharp internal edge of
a surface. This task shows how to create a constant radius fillet along
the internal edge of a joined surface.
The fillet surface is obtained by rolling a sphere over the selected edge. |
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Open the EdgeFillet1.CATPart
document. |
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Click Edge Fillet
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Select the edge to be filleted.
You can also select a face, provided there is no ambiguity as to the
edge(s) to be filleted.
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The Edge Fillet Definition dialog box appears.
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Select the desired type of extremity for the fillet from
the list:
- Straight: no tangency constraint is imposed at the
connecting point between the fillet
and the initial support, generating sometimes a sharp angle.
- Smooth: a tangency constraint is imposed
at the connection between the fillet surface
and the support surfaces, thus smoothing the connection
- Maximum: the fillet surface is limited by the longest
selected edge
- Minimum: the fillet surface is limited by the
shortest selected edge
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Type the value of the fillet Radius.
A preview of the fillet appears.
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You can choose the Propagation type:
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Click More >> to access further check boxes:
Edge(s) to keep and
Limiting element and
Blend corner. |
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Click OK to create the fillet surface.
The surface (identified as EdgeFillet.xxx) is added to the specification
tree.
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- Select the Trim support elements check box to relimit the
support elements and assemble them to the fillet.
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