topic Re: Please help reverse this fillet? in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Please help reverse this fillet?

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:38:40 GMT

How can I reverse this fillet so it adds material instead of removing material?

Thank you

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

JamieGilchrist — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:50:49 GMT

hi colemanVJMPP,

you'll have to sketch the profile/shape you want and revolve it

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

HughesTooling — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 23:03:58 GMT

You might be able to use Pipe as well.

Mark

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 01:17:52 GMT

Yes I am aware I can revolve there to get what I am looking for BUT sometimes the fillet tool works the other way. Look at the screencast.

The fillet tool can add material there.

Sometimes it adds....sometimes it removes. How do I select which way the fillet tool works? It is just random for me at this point.

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

jeff_strater — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 02:21:42 GMT

@Anonymous,

It is not random at all. A "concave" edge will always add material, a "convex" edge will always remove material:

Jeff

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 03:11:14 GMT

@jeff_strater

1) then why did @JamieGilchrist tell me I needed to revolve?

2) check out this screencast. This is the same document, same part that 20 minutes ago was behaving like a concave corner.

Re: Please help reverse this fillet?

jeff_strater — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 04:23:49 GMT

@Anonymous,

When that video was recorded, your two cylinders were separate bodies, not joined together. So, that edge that you Filleted in that video was, indeed, a convex edge on the top body. In the earlier video, those bodies were joined into a single body, so that edge was a concave edge on the single body. Expand the "bodies" folder, and you will see that there are two bodies in there.

Here is a screencast:

Jeff