Selecting multiple edges using filters in fillet command

Selecting multiple edges using filters in fillet command

martin.ringdalen
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Selecting multiple edges using filters in fillet command

martin.ringdalen
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This feature is essential when filleting patterns and large injection molded structures. Please advise on how to do this in Fusion.

 

Thanks! 

 

Maritn

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jhackney1972
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If I am understanding your question correctly, you want to use Rule Fillet under the Fillet command.  For the selection, I would use a Window selection.  See Screencast.

 

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martin.ringdalen
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Thank you very much for your swift reply, John!

This is pretty close to what I want, but not quite there yet.

So problem is: I have a reinforcement pattern at the bottom of an injection molded box. Fillets between ribs are often larger than fillets between ribs and bottom surface. I can use a selection filter in SolidWorks, which hightlights the rib-rib corners first, and then use a different filter to highlight rib-bottom corners. Ruled fillet is good, but I'm finding it hard to use it to distinguish between rib-rib and rib-bottom.

 

Please see attached screenshot for details.

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martin.ringdalen
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Update: I did find a way of solving this problem, but it's not "best practice" in that smaller fillets are applied before larger fillets. Here's what I did:

 

1. Insert ruled fillet between features, and select rib pattern (thin extrude) as feature 1, and case bottom (profile extrude) as feature 2

 

2. Insert ruled feature, and select all faces using box selection (same as John did). This will apply fillets to rib-rib corners, but not rib-bottom corners, as fillets already exist for those interfaces

 

3. Insert face fillet to round off ribs at the top.


Here's my file: https://a360.co/3xhY8YP

I would prefer better selection filters, but this method does actually solve my problem 🙂

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