Joint Smoothing Problem?

yuval_mader

Hello,

I'm trying to joint 3 pieces together. I put a .5" fillet on the edges of my pieces, and am trying to somehow smoothen the triangular shape of the blue piece that appears. Does anyone have an idea of how to do this?





As you can see, I don't want to put a fillet on the bottom or side edges of the dark blue piece or it will take away from the smooth transition between  it and the other pieces. I just want to remove the triangle that is formed.




Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this, I really appreciate it!

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

Revolve set to Remove

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

After looking a bit more at the pictures you posted, it seems that not everything is at 90° angles to one another. And this will make a difference in how you make the round or fillet at the inside corner

Because of the above, I employed the USE TOOL And then did a LOFT with GUIDE

Take a look at the 3 GIFs below

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

Revolve set to Remove

yuval_mader

@steve_shubin

Thank you so much, that solved it perfectly, such an elegant solution!

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

Sweep

dirk_van_der_vaart

I think this is the normal way to do this.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/0578b551fe5002b7d2bb229b/w/28bdcbe94b37d50e73e4a031/e/d392713b0db854fd24f5a819

A surface Loft and Split.

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

After looking a bit more at the pictures you posted, it seems that not everything is at 90° angles to one another. And this will make a difference in how you make the round or fillet at the inside corner

Because of the above, I employed the USE TOOL And then did a LOFT with GUIDE

Take a look at the 3 GIFs below

yuval_mader

@steve_shubin

I tried out your first method (revolve removal) and it worked perfectly - as seen below.

Is there an advantage to using the loft function, or more specifically, is there a disadvantage to using the revolve function?

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader said:

Is there an advantage to using the loft function, or more specifically, is there a disadvantage to using the revolve function?

I’d have to take a look at your document to answer this question. If you want, post the URL to your document and we can take a look

In the meantime, here is the doc. that I made. Step through it. See if anything sticks out to you

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/37b9cc54cc1619b076412566/w/1c0682d906013a6f76f7b627/e/219bd4a5038b7598c7db3c88

yuval_mader

Here it is (It is the part studio labeled 'Final Desk') :

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/7e1152331e332a36f6ae0dd6/w/f286d43fa3c83f2258454cde/e/91b31710f427e6847bf1ab84

I really appreciate your help!

steve_shubin

@yuval_mader

Is the arc tangent to the two lines that are highlighted ?

If so, I’d say everything looks pretty good to me

By the way — that’s a nice looking desk.
Nice design !!

yuval_mader

@steve_shubin

Yes it is! 

And thank you, this was beyond helpful, I'll definitely stick around the forums to read and learn, and hopefully help.