Fillets and chamfers

In this section, we will discuss making fillet and chamfers for our sketches. Fillets and chamfers can be applied between two sketch entities, usually between two lines. They are defined as follows:

  • Fillets: Fillets can be viewed as a type of arc. Thus, they are defined in the same way, that is, with a center and a radius.
  • Chamfers: Chamfers can be defined in different ways. These include two equal distances, two different distances, or a distance and an angle.

The following image illustrates the shapes of fillets and chamfers, as well as how they are defined:

To illustrate how to create fillets and chamfers, we will ...

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