Trimming Overlapping Fillets

In some cases, fillets may be overlapping.
The Trim ribbons check box lets you solve this by trimming the fillets where they overlapping.
Open the EdgeFillet3.CATPart document.

  1. Click Edge Fillet and, using the Ctrl key,
    select the edges at the base of the cylinder and the one along the vertical surface.

  2. Click Preview.
    The two fillets clearly overlap.

  3. In the Edge Fillet Definition dialog box, select the Trim ribbons check box and click OK.
Note that the Trim ribbons check box is available with the Tangency propagation mode: 
  • In Minimal mode, the Trim ribbons check box is grayed, as it is implicitly active.
    The results would be trimmed fillets, and no propagation:
  • In Tangency mode, with the Trim ribbons check box unselected, the fillets intersect,
    with no trimming, and the propagation is performed
  • In Tangency mode, with the Trim ribbons check box selected, the fillets are trimmed
    and the propagation is performed.