Fillet

Works with Bricscad (Windows) Classic, Pro and Platinum, Bricscad (Linux) Classic and Pro

Fillets intersections; joins intersecting lines with an arc of any suitable radius.

Accessing the Command

command bar:  fillet

alias:  f

menu bar:  Modify | Fillet

toolbar:  Modify | Chamfer/Fillet |

 

: fillet

Prompts you in the command bar:

Fillet (radius=0.5000): Settings/Polyline/Radius/Trim/Undo/Multiple/<Select first entity>: (Choose an entity, enter an option, or enter R to change the radius.)

Select second entity: (Choose another entity.)

Fillets can be applied to intersecting, non-intersecting, and parallel lines.

 

Fillets are applied to all vertices of a polyline.

Command Options

Option

Description

Select first entity

Choose an entity, or enter R to change the radius. The following entities can be filleted:

  • Lines, including parallel lines.

  • All vertices of a single 2D polyline; two polylines cannot be filleted.

  • Rays, including parallel rays.

  • Infinite lines, including parallel infinite lines.

  • Arcs.

  • Circles.

Select second entity

Choose the second entity.

Settings

 

Displays the Chamfer/Fillet section of the Settings dialog box:

  • Fillet radius - sets the radius of the fillet arc.

  • Trim mode - toggles whether the entities are trimmed back to the fillet radius.

Polyline

 

Fillets the vertices of a polyline; prompts you:

Select 2D polyline to fillet - choose a single polyline.

You cannot control which vertices are filleted; all are.

Radius

Prompts you to type the Fillet radius in the command bar.

Trim

Prompts you to set the Trim mode in the command bar.

Undo

Undoes the last fillet when in Multiple mode.

Multiple

Lets you create multiple fillets using the same settings.

Related Commands

Break - cuts parts out of entities.

Chamfer - chamfers intersections.

Settings - specifies parameters for fillets.

SolidEdit - edits faces, edges, and bodies of solid models.

Trim - trims entities where they cross other entities.


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