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Modify edges with fillets and chamfers

Modify edges with fillets and chamfers - Inventor Tutorial

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Modify edges with fillets and chamfers

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- [Voiceover] We're now ready to look at how we can modify edges with the fillet and chamfer tools. Fillets and chamfers are very similar and they're actually quite easy to make. That said, I would recommend waiting to create them until the end of the design process just because they can tend to weigh down the model and get in the way sometimes. So, I generally wait until I'm done with my modeling before I add these. Unless some thing's needed very specifically in the design, I tend to wait. In order to create a fillet or chamfer, there's a few different options you can select from. You can either go to the 3D model tab under the modify panel and select fillet or chamfer. We also have in the marking menu the fillet option. I actually use the context sensitivity of Inventor because when I select an edge on the model the heads-up display tells me the things that I can do to that edge. And one is fillet and the other is chamfer. I'm going to start with the fillet command and you can see…

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