I'm trying to fillet a couple of edges on a cube. Nothing to fancy, but apparently I get an error message when trying to execute this function. I've done the same using the Shapr3d app which works perfect. Is this a limitation within FormIt?
Accepted solution
Hi Andrew,
This is indeed current limitation with FormIt's modeling engine.
But it's something we can fix in a future release, and we'll make sure your request is heard to extend the fillet tool to support 3 simultaneous perpendicular edges.
In the mean time, you can accomplish this in FormIt with a workaround:
- Make 2 copies of the geometry you want to fillet (let's assume a cube per your screenshots)
- On copy 1, fillet 2 edges, like the top two in your screenshot
- On copy 2, fillet the 3rd edge only, like the vertical one in your screenshot
- On copy 2, select the new fillet curved surface and copy it
- Paste-in-Place (Ctrl + Shift + V) the curved surface, then move it (using an edge of copy 2 as a reference point) to the exact same spot on copy 1. This should split the surfaces on copy 1 automatically, and you can quickly clean up unnecessary geometry using window/area select and delete, leaving you with 3 filleted edges.
Hope this helps until the fillet tool can do it for you.
Josh Goldstein
Product Lead
Thank you for the reply and solution. Hopefully you guys can address this limitation. You should be able to select multiple lines (not just a maximum of 3) and fillet them. Also useful would be to have the option to input the radius by selecting the lines and dragging it to the left or right in addition to the numerical input.
Having the option to chamfer the edges would also be extremely useful.
Great suggestions, Andrew, thanks! We've got these requests in our system for potential future work.
Josh Goldstein
Product Lead