I use the constant width option in the face fillet command all the time. It's no longer showing as an option in the property manager in 2014? Is it hidden somewhere else?
I use the constant width option in the face fillet command all the time. It's no longer showing as an option in the property manager in 2014? Is it hidden somewhere else?
help file says it is still there...?
but I don't see it either????
Blends non-adjacent, non-continuous faces.
| Face Set 1 and Face Set 2 selected | Face fillet applied |
| Radius | Sets the fillet radius. | |
| Face Set 1 | Select the first face or set of faces in the graphics area to blend. | |
| Face Set 2 | Select the faces in the graphics area to blend with Face Set 1. If you select more than one face for either Face Set 1 or Face Set 2, each set of faces must be smoothly connected for the face fillet to properly propagate to all faces.
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| Tangent propagation | Extends the fillet to all faces that are tangent to the selected face. Example: Tangent Propagation | |
| Full preview | Displays a fillet preview of all edges. | |
| Partial preview | Displays a fillet preview of one edge only. Press the A key to view each fillet preview in turn. | |
| No Preview | Improves rebuild time with complex models. |
| Radius | Sets the fillet radius. | ||||||||
| Chord Width | |||||||||
| Profile | Sets the profile type to fillet. The profile defines the cross sectional shape of the fillet.
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| Select through faces | Enables selection of edges through faces that hide edges. | ||||||||||||
| Hold line | Select an edge on the part or a projected split line on a face as a boundary that determines the face fillet shape. The radius of the fillet is driven by the distance between the hold line and the edge to fillet.
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| Curvature continuous | Resolves discontinuity problems and creates a smoother curvature between adjacent surfaces. To verify the effect of the curvature continuity, you can display Zebra Stripes. You can also analyze the curvature using the curvature tool. Curvature continuous fillets differ from standard fillets. They have a spline cross section as opposed to a circular cross section. Curvature continuous fillets are smoother than standard fillets because there is no jump in curvature at the boundary. Standard fillets include a jump at the boundary because they are tangent continuous at the boundary. | ||||||||||||
| Constant width | Creates a fillet with a constant width.
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| Help point | Resolves an ambiguous selection when it may not be clear where the face blend should occur. Click in Help Point Vertex, then click a vertex on the side where you want the face fillet. A fillet is created at the location closer to the Help point. | ||||||||||||
| Trim Surfaces(Surfaces only) | Select one of the following:
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it is now call cord width, why, who knows?
Thanks for finding that.
it is now call cord width, why, who knows?
Because that's what it's called in CATIA :-) (and it's a more mathmatically accurate discription.)
Mark
Thanks for the info Mark, even if your no longer an "insider".
it is now call cord width, why, who knows?