Filleting Profiles - SolidEdge

Filleting Profiles

Use this to ...

• Round corners in a profile.
• Play the video to learn how to create two fillets using two different methods. Do not adjust your volume; there is no sound associated with this video.

Key Points

• Creates a tangent arc between two curves in profile.
• Use this option as a last resort. Use a round feature on the model afterwards.

Prerequisites

• Solid Edge must be in the profile mode. Profile is automatically activated when creating a sketch feature or creating a profile for a feature.

Process: Dynamically Creating a Fillet on a Profile

1. Click Fillet from the Fillet fly-out on the Draw toolbar.

2. If necessary, click No Trim on the ribbon bar.

3. In the Graphics window, pick the first curve to highlight it.

4. Pick the second curve to highlight it and display the fillet.

5. Move the cursor to the desired location.

6. Pick to create the fillet.

Process: Creating a Fillet on a Profile by Dragging

1. Click Fillet from the Fillet fly-out on the Draw toolbar.

2. In the Graphics Window, hold left mouse button close to one of the curves to fillet.

3. Drag the cursor across the two curves.

4. Release left mouse button to create the fillet.

Tips

• It is strongly encouraged to apply fillets as round features in the model. This practice gives you more flexibility for editing, deleting, or redefining the fillet.
• Dragging across the two lines you want to modify also places a fillet. This modifies the lines to the cursor's approximate intersect position; however, this is very inaccurate.
• The two curves being modified don't have to connect to perform this operation. The Fillet operation connects the two curves to the fillet.