Laurel Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 Please find attached a drawing I have produced of part of a handle. What I want to do is fillet the edge of the top surface by 1mm all around, but I am unable to do so. Can someone please explain why, and perhaps suggest how I can make the fillet? Thanks. Handle - 3D.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 I finally managed to fillet the edges I wanted, but it took a great deal of trial and error into the order in which I needed to select the corners - I couldn't seem to get the 'chain' option to work, and the edges needed to be filleted in a particular order. Can anyone please explain what is going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugshot Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 based upon your drawing, there are certain conditions that u must fillet first the straight edge before the curve, or try the opposite way, straight before the curve (or vise versa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugshot Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 :shock:ooops... ive fillet the whole object,.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hello Mugshot - Thanks for your reply. I was going to post a revised drawing showing step by step stages I was taking in order to try to fillet another edge of the drawing. At that point I was trying and failing to fillet one straight edge, but as I created the revised drawing, I realised what you mean. You are right that in this case, I need to fillet curved edges before any straight edges between them (I didn't know that - it was so frustrating trying to work it out as it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere). My problem came when I wanted to fillet ONLY a straight edge. Paying no attention to the curves at either end of the straight edge, try as I might I couldn't fillet the straight edge. I see now that I NEED to pay attention to the edges ajoining the edge I want to fillet (curved OR straight), and in this case, fillet the curved edges at either end of the straight edge, in order to blend in the fillet I need on the straight edge. Thanks for you help in making me understand what is going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugshot Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 ... no problem, we are here to help the best that we could come up with an answer. in return, just try to help also the people in need... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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