Reshaping Corners  

Sometimes, while filleting you can see that corners resulting from the operation are not satisfactory. The new capability "Blend Corners" lets you quickly reshape these corners
Open the BlendCorner.CATPart document.
1.  Click the Edge Fillet icon and fillet the four edges as shown using 5mm as the radius value.

This new option is available through the Variable Radius Fillet command too.

2.

Take a closer look at the resulting corner: the shape style is not satisfactory. 

3.

To round the corner again, double-click the fillet and in the dialog box click the More button to access additional options.

  4.

Click the Blend corner(s) button to detect the corner to reshape. In our present example, only one corner is detected. The application shows it in the geometry area.

 

When the application detects several corners, it is not possible to reshape just a few of them: all of them will be edited.

5.

The setback distance field determines for each edge a free area measured from the vertex along the edge. In this area, the system adds material so as to improve the corner shape.

Enter a value in the setback distance field. For example, 13.

6.

Click Preview to examine the result.

7.

To edit the distance for the top edge, click "13" and enter "22" as the new value in the Setback distance field.

8.

Repeat the operation for the edge below using the same distance value.

9.

Click OK to confirm the operation. The corner is reshaped.

 

 

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