Creating Chamfers on Split Plates

Chamfering Split Plate Edges

When adjacent split plates have different thicknesses or orientations, there are sharp steps between them which may become a source of stress concentration. Chamfer lets you chamfer the edges of thicker plates to avoid such sharp steps.

Before you begin:
  • Open a product containing a seamed panel.
  • Import the chamfer contour.
  • Insert the chamfering action rule in Rules Catalog or Rules Library, or in any other catalog/library.
  1. Click Show Preferences at the upper right of the Chamfer panel.
  2. In the Preferences panel, specify the chamfering action rule and the chamfer contour.
  3. In the Chamfer panel, select target structure panels in the Selected Objects box.
    A list of pairs of split plates is generated in the Chamfer panel. One pair is for each edge that requires chamfering.
    Column Description
    Target Plate The split plate considered for chamfering.
    Target Panel The panel consisting in the target split plate.
    Adjacent Plate The split plate adjacent to the target plate.
    Adjacent Panel The panel consisting in the adjacent plate.


    Legends:
    • : Target plate
    • : Adjacent plate
    • : The edge to be chamfered
  4. Select the required rows and click Compute .
    The Contour and To Do columns are updated as follows:
    Contour To Do Description
    Status Contour Name
    - - The pair of split plates is not compatible with the current action rule. And therefore, no action is required.
    - Update Click Update to create a new chamfer.
    Contour_Name Update Click Update to update the existing chamfer.
    Contour_Name Delete The existing chamfer is not compatible with the current action rule. You can choose to delete or to keep it.

    Click Delete to delete the chamfer.

    Contour_Name Delete The existing chamfer is broken and is therefore out of date.

    Click Delete to delete the chamfer.

    Contour_Name - The existing chamfer is up to date and therefore no action is required.
  5. Select the rows and take the necessary actions as described in the above table.
    Accordingly, new chamfers are created, existing chamfers are updated, and invalid chamfers are deleted.

    Legends:

    • : Target split plates
    • : Chamfers
    • : Other split plates

  6. Close the Chamfer panel.

 

See Also
More help on this topic
Creating a Contour for Chamfer