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chain chamfers?

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basslinedesign
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chain chamfers?

I have several edges that need to be chamfered, all with the same parameters. IV will only allow me to chamfer one edge at a time, as far as I can tell. I want to link the chamfers together so that if I change one of them, they all change. How?
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Anonymous
in reply to: basslinedesign

Only tangentially connected edges will be automatically chained.
You will have to manually select each edge in the same instance of the
Chamfer tool, but they will all be grouped in the same chamfer feature.
Once all edges are selected and chamfered, it is easy to go back and simply
change one value to control the entire edge set.


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I have several edges that need to be chamfered, all with the same
parameters. IV will only allow me to chamfer one edge at a time, as far as
I can tell. I want to link the chamfers together so that if I change one of
them, they all change. How?
Message 3 of 5

Thanks John, I was not clear, my scenario applies to "two distances". I suppose one could argue IV does not know how to apply the differing distances thus individual edge selection is required. I deleted the chamfer and used face draft instead. Thanks.
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Anonymous
in reply to: basslinedesign


Oh ok... Sorry.

 

For this you can use User Parameters and then
reference them when creating the Chamfers.  When you create the Chamfer,
click the small button at the end of the value field and select "List
Parameters" to select the one you want (Or you manually type in the name as
long as the case is correct).  Once you use the parameter names, they will
be retained in subsequent instances of the Chamfer tool.  This will give
you a single edit point to control the two dimensions.

 

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Thanks John, I was not clear, my
scenario applies to "two distances".  I suppose one could argue IV does not
know how to apply the differing distances thus individual edge selection is
required.  I deleted the chamfer and used face draft instead. 
Thanks.
Message 5 of 5
Anonymous
in reply to: basslinedesign

Another thing you can do is to use user defined parameters. Create a
parameter for each edge and then use this same value for each subsequent
chamfer. You can change all the chamfers at once by changing the value of
those two parameters.

Patrick

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