How do you fillet part of an edge without doing the whole edge?

[maxh3]

I have an edge which I want half filleted, and the other half left square. I inserted a split line so that I could select only the portion of the edge I want to have a fillet, but the fillet still continues throughout the entire edge? Is there any way to do this with the fillet tool instead of a swept cut?

 

[ShaggyPE]

There was a thread on this several months ago. My recollection was that the consensus was to make a thin cut instead of the split line. Then fillet the side you want.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[StrykerTECH]

I don't believe so, due to the fact a fillet is a bolean operation.
That would be a good one to know, but I think a cut or split body is the only way. split face won't do it, because a fillet can't generate that additional surface.

StrykerTECH Engineering Staff

http://www.stryker-tech.com/

 

[Theophilus]

The way I used to do this--that left no trace--was to extrude a small wall on the edge of one surface where I wanted the fillet to stop. After the fillet, cut the extrusion away again. The only trace is the features in the tree.



Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

A people governed by fear cannot value freedom.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

If you would like to see this function added into SolidWorks, head over to

https://forum.solidworks.com/ideas/1136

and vote.

 

[maxh3]

I went there to vote, but it gave a message about the idea being deleted.

I went ahead and did a swept cut; that way I was also able to accurately model how the entry point would actually look using a radius cutter, instead of having it stop dead.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I don't know where the link took you, or what you saw, but the Idea is still active.

 

[Eltron]

I do it the same way as Jeff. It works great, and allows you to regain control of your fillet in tricky spots, especially corners.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

Dan's Blog

 

[DesignerGuy16]

Loft cuts and manually creating the end condition with another feature is the way I'd go about it if you can't create the split line.

James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP