How to bevel

[of18]

Anyone know how to bevel the blue marked on the sketch? I´m a newbie, and I just can´t figure it out.

[chrisplyler]

I understand bevel to be synonymous with chamfer, and so am confused by your request to bevel an AREA instead of an EDGE. I'm happy to help if you will clarify.

[of18]

Ok. I want to make a drawing for a guitar bridge (see pic) that I will cut out in a CNC router. [Image]

[Anonymous]

Are you asking how to reduce the thickness of the blue, selected area, relative to the rest of the sketch? If so, you will want to hit 'E' for extrude, and type in a negative number equal to the thickness you wish to cut from the design.

Bevelling generally refers to a 100% stock thickness cut to produce a tapered edge. You could potentially bevel the line that you've drawn to make up that area, but you can't bevel the selected blue area.

[etfrench]

If the surface is flat, then this screencast using a loft operation with a conic curve and a 3 point arc will create the blue area:

If the surface is convex, then create a sketch on the long side. Draw the bevel angle and enclose the area to be cut:

If it's something else, then you'll need to add more details.

[chrisplyler]

Saying that it's a guitar bridge doesn't tell us what shape you're trying to achieve.

[laughingcreek · Accepted solution]

another approach

[of18]

For some reason, the pic I attached, never showed up. I meant something like this.

[of18]

Thanks.

I´ll see if I can figure this out.

[TrippyLighting]

@laughingcreek's screencast covers how to do this. There are other ways to achieve this, but they all result in the same geometry.

If you're happy with his screencast ad it solves your problem then please accept his post as the solution (there's a button there for it.

[of18]

Great!!

But... How did you start up with that convex shaped form? Thats exactly what I´d like to have

[docara]

Look in the centre of the object in the screencast and there was a sketch of the required profile. This sketch was then extruded ( it looked like symmetrically).

I think you need to check some Fusion tutorials for the basics

MAtt

[of18]

Awesome.

Thanks