Champer function

chamfer example

  1. Click Design > Solid > Modify > Chamfer chamfer icon.

    The Chamfer dialog displays.

  2. In the canvas, select edges, faces, or features to chamfer.

    The selection set displays as a row in the selection box.

  3. In the Chamfer dialog, select the chamfer Type:

    • Equal Distance: Bevels edges based on an equal distance to each side.
    • Two Distance: Bevels edges based on a different distance to each side.
    • Distance And Angle: Bevels edges based on a single distance and an angle.
  4. Adjust the Distance or Angle values for the chamfer:

    • In the canvas, drag the distance or angle manipulator handles.

    • In the dialog, in the row in the selection box, specify the distance or angle values.

      Tip: Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (MacOS) to modify the selection set after you adjust the Distance or Angle values.
  5. Optional: For the Two Distance chamfer type, click the Flip icon to flip the first and second sides.

  6. Select a Corner Type:

    • Chamfer: Creates a chamfer to join beveled edges at the corner.
    • Miter: Merges beveled edges into a mitered corner point.
    • Blend: Blends beveled edges into adjacent faces.
  7. Optional: In the selection box, click the + icon to add a selection set to the list. Repeat steps 2-6 to create fillets with different settings than the first selection set.

  8. Click OK.

The chamfers display on the solid body in the canvas.

chamfer example

chamfer example

Note: You can uncheck Tangent Chain if you do not want to include tangentially connected geometry when you select faces or edges.

Tips

  • Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (MacOS) to modify the selection set once the chamfer command preview displays on the body in the canvas.

  • Use Tangent Chain to dynamically control selection sets.

    • If you start with a body and a single Fillet operation like this:

    tangent chain - start

    • With Tangent Chain off, you select a single edge at a time, with the following Chamfer result:

    tangent chain off - selection tangent chain off - result

    • With Tangent Chain on, you select tangentially connected edges, with the following Chamfer result:

    tangent chain on - selection tangent chain on - result

    • If you roll back the Timeline and add additional edges to the earlier Fillet operation:

    tangent chain on - update previous fillet selection tangent chain on - update previous fillet result

    • When you replay the later Chamfer operation, the selection set updates to include new tangentially connected edges, with the following Chamfer result:

    tangent chain on - updated selection tangent chain on - updated result

  • Uncheck Tangent Chain to exclude tangentially connected edges when you select edges.


Last modified: Sunday, 1 August 2021, 8:25 PM