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How do I Fillet in Solidworks?

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How do I Fillet in Solidworks?

To create fillets:

  1. Click Fillet on the Features toolbar, or click Insert, Features, Fillet/Round.
  2. Set the PropertyManager options. For constant radius fillets only, you can use the FilletXpert to add or modify fillets and to manage fillet corners.
  3. Click OK .

How do I create a thread in Solidworks 2013?

If the feature is a conical boss, select the minor diameter. You can also select the feature after you click the tool. (Annotation toolbar), or click Insert > Annotations > Cosmetic Thread. Set the properties in the Cosmetic Thread PropertyManager .

Where is sketch Fillet in Solidworks?

Sketch toolbar
on the Sketch toolbar, or Tools > Sketch Tools > Fillet.

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.

Why is my fillet not working solidworks?

You get this error because you have two perpendicular lines, and the sketch fillet radius you try to apply is equal to the length of one of the lines. It means that it should delete one of the lines and this way replace two lines with a line and an arc. Sketch fillet simply cannot do that.

What is the purpose of fillet in Solidworks?

Fillet/Round creates a rounded internal or external face on the part. You can fillet all edges of a face, selected sets of faces, selected edges, or edge loops.

How do you fillet a drawing?

  1. Choose the Fillet command .
  2. On the Fillet command bar, type a radius in the Radius box.
  3. Click one of the elements that you want to draw the fillet between. You can draw a fillet between arcs, lines, circles, ellipses, and curves.
  4. Click the other element.
  5. Click to draw the fillet.

What does the fillet feature do?

What does the Fillet feature do? Fillet rounds edges at a specified radius. What does the Shell feature do? Shell creates negative space from a specified face.

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