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I searched and found numerous topics on this issue, all of them over 3 years old, so I guess it might be worth asking again.

I'm wondering if there is any way to chamfer a set length along an edge (similar to what can be done with flanges in sheet metal mode), as opposed to the entire length of an edge.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi j_berry,

You might have found this link in your searches, but if not there is an example file attached there that might help:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/How-to-stop-chamfer-before-the-corner/m-p/3275375

And here is the link from that page that seems to have changed:

http://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/ifeature-stopped-chamfer/

You might also post your improvment idea to have an option to have it work like a sheet metal flange here:

Inventor IdeaStation

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[#3]

No, due to the nature of the fillet algorithim, it would know how to deal with the start and end face on the chamfer.

You would need to create a work plane and sketch using the Extrude-Cut

[#4]

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blair wrote:

No, due to the nature of the fillet algorithim, it would know how to deal with the start and end face on the chamfer.

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Is the nature of a fillet algorithim different then a fillet? Because in a fillet it's posible. In the fillet option you can create a variable radius by placing points and change the radius to zero. Why not use this for a chamfer?

Rob.

[#5]

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Curtis_Waguespack wrote:

Hi j_berry,

You might have found this link in your searches, but if not there is an example file attached there that might help:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/How-to-stop-chamfer-before-the-corner/m-p/3275375

And here is the link from that page that seems to have changed:

http://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/ifeature-stopped-chamfer/

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No, that topic had not come up in searches. A similar topic on that second link was exactly what I was looking for - the stopped chamfer with curved ends (Lark's tongue chamfer - http://cadsetterout.com/inventor-tutorials/ifeatures-larks-tongue-chamfer/ ). Thanks!