3 Replies Latest reply on Mar 31, 2013 9:34 PM by Dave Krum

Making a square end in a sketch into a rounded end (??)

Dave Krum Mar 31, 2013 6:21 PM

Hi All,

This one is bothering me to no end. What is the easiest method to take a square end say 10mm wide (square corners) and make it into a rounded end with 5mm radius? I'm attaching a sketch. I've tried a few arc and circle functions but no luck. Also tried to simply fillet each square corner with 5mm radius but it throws an error. Do I need to offset the outer line inward 5mm then draw a 5mm radius circle at the midpoint of the offset line (can't be that involved)? Gotta be something very simple that I'm missing. I'm trying to follow a tutorial to make an edge flange and this seems so trivial but can't figure it out. Thanks!

Dave

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Re: Making a square end in a sketch into a rounded end (??)

Anna Wood Mar 31, 2013 6:54 PM (in response to Dave Krum)

You are looking for the Tangent Arc command.....

http://help.solidworks.com/2013/English/SolidWorks/sldworks/t_Sketching_Tangent_Arcs.htm

Tools > Sketch Entities > Tangent Arc

Delete the line at the bottom of your relief then add a Tangent Arc in its place.

Cheers,

Anna
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Re: Making a square end in a sketch into a rounded end (??)

Kent Swan Mar 31, 2013 8:48 PM (in response to Dave Krum)

You do not have to predeleted sketch lines as you can use the 'sissors' function to delete any sketch segments that you don't want to retain between contact points. A very useful approach. Note that if you delete a dimension reference point you may have to re add the dimension.
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  Dave Krum Mar 31, 2013 9:34 PM (in response to Kent Swan)
  
  Thanks Anna & Kent
  
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