Jan 14, 2013 #1 Terminus0 Mechanical Joined Sep 14, 2012 Messages 74 Location US Does any one if you can use a variable radius to not just change the fillet radius along the edge but to make the radius themselves non constant. I mean have the distance the fillet extends be longer on one surface than the other?
Does any one if you can use a variable radius to not just change the fillet radius along the edge but to make the radius themselves non constant. I mean have the distance the fillet extends be longer on one surface than the other?
Jan 14, 2013 #2 CorBlimeyLimey Mechanical Joined Nov 5, 2003 Messages 15,292 Location CA Sounds like you'll need to use a Swept or Lofted Cut. Upvote 0 Downvote
Jan 15, 2013 #3 Eltron Mechanical Joined Mar 3, 2005 Messages 2,459 Location US Or a surface fill. Dan http://www.eltronresearch.comDan's Blog Upvote 0 Downvote
Jan 15, 2013 Thread starter #4 Terminus0 Mechanical Joined Sep 14, 2012 Messages 74 Location US So there is no command that can do this in Solidworks? It is going to be extremely difficult to make this fillet by a sweep. I'd be pulling my hair out. Upvote 0 Downvote
So there is no command that can do this in Solidworks? It is going to be extremely difficult to make this fillet by a sweep. I'd be pulling my hair out.
Jan 15, 2013 #5 swdesigner Mechanical Joined Dec 27, 2011 Messages 11 Location US If a sweep will not work, You can add a chamfer with different length legs, then you can add fillets to the chamfer? Frank Upvote 0 Downvote
If a sweep will not work, You can add a chamfer with different length legs, then you can add fillets to the chamfer? Frank
Jan 15, 2013 #6 Eltron Mechanical Joined Mar 3, 2005 Messages 2,459 Location US It would be a lot easier for us to help if we could see the file. Dan http://www.eltronresearch.comDan's Blog Upvote 0 Downvote
It would be a lot easier for us to help if we could see the file. Dan http://www.eltronresearch.comDan's Blog