Creating Sheet Metal Chamfers

You can create one or more chamfers on a 3D shape to cut off the sharp edges.

Before you begin: Create a wall.
  1. From the Sheet Metal section of the action bar, click Sheet Metal Chamfer .
  2. Select an edge.

    Also, you can click to select one of the following:

    • Select concave edges.
    • Select convex edges.

    After selecting an edge, you can use the Selection Helper tool to find similar edges. For more information, see Using the Selection Helper

    To remove the selections, click , and select Clear all selections.
  3. Choose the chamfer type (Distance/Distance or Distance/Angle) and define the values for each parameter.
    OptionDescription
    Distance 1 / Distance 2 Enter two length values.

    You can use the Robot to adjust the values.
    Distance / Angle Enter a length value and an angle value.

    Note: You can use equations for all numeric parameters. Click the dimension text. The dimension text becomes editable. Type = in the input field, to open the Equation dialog box and enter a formula or number. Select a parameter from the list. You can perform the basic operations such as bracket, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on the parameter value. For more information, see Equations.

  4. Click Swap Dimensions to swap the dimensions between the edges of the selected corner.
  5. Select the check box for Tangent Propagation to propagate the tangency along the edge.
  6. Click to save changes.