Fillet

Works with Classic, 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/<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.

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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