How do I use the fillet tool in Solidworks?

How do you fillet a 3D object in Solidworks?

To fillet multiple edges of a 3D solid using the Chain option:

1. Click Solids > Solid Editing > Fillet edges (or type FilletEdges).
2. Specify the Radius option.
3. Specify the radius of the fillet arc.
4. Specify the Chain option.
5. Specify an edge tangent to an existing fillet on a 3D solid. …
6. Press Enter.

What does the fillet feature do?

Fillet feature dialog box



Adds fillets or rounds to one or more edges of a part, between two face sets, or between three adjacent face sets.

How do you fillet only part of an edge in Solidworks?

Creating Partial Chamfers and Fillets

1. Under Chamfer Type, click Offset Face .
2. Select Full preview.
3. Select Partial Edge Parameters.
4. In Start condition, select Distance offset.
5. Set Offset distance from start point to 20 mm.
6. In End condition, select Distance offset.

How do you change the direction of a fillet in Solidworks?

Make surface fillets with hold lines. Trim or keep the filleted surfaces in a face fillet. Make a variable radius fillet on a surface. Click Reverse Face Normal for a face set to reverse the fillet direction.

What are the fillet types in Solidworks?

Types of Fillets

When using the fillet Tool What does the tangent propagation option do in Solidworks?

Figure 8. Turning on the option for Tangent propagation. With this option selected, you can choose to create a single fillet, and any tangent edges or tangent faces that this fillet encounters will automatically become filleted as well.

How do you fillet a circle in Solidworks?

Select the edge, and go to Insert > Features > and select Fillet/Round. In the property manager under Fillet Type, click Constant Size Fillet. Next, under Items to Fillet, select both Tangent Propagation and Full Preview. Under Fillet Parameters, select Symmetric in the drop down list and then set the radius to 40 mm.

How do you fillet a rectangle in Solidworks?

To create a fillet in a sketch:

1. In an open sketch, click Sketch Fillet. on the Sketch toolbar, or Tools > Sketch Tools > Fillet.
2. Set the properties in the Sketch Fillet PropertyManager.
3. Select the sketch entities to fillet. …
4. Drag the preview to adjust the fillet size if necessary.
5. Click.

How do you suppress a fillet in Solidworks?

Hover over another fillet in the FeatureManager design tree that is applied to multiple edges. You want to remove the fillet from the circular edge only. Select the circular filleted edge. Click Remove.

How do you taper an edge in Solidworks?

To extrude an entity with a taper angle:

1. Click Solids > Draw > Extrude (or type Extrude).
2. Specify the type of entities to create. Surface. …
3. Specify the entities to extrude and press Enter.
4. Specify the Taper angle option.
5. Specify the taper angle and press Enter.
6. Specify the extrusion height.