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This isn't letting me fillet this .5 inches
carlos_frias469
Posts: 9 EDU
I have been having trouble trying to fillet this object in the project. It keeps saying that it failed to generate properly but it only lets me fillet from .3,.2,.1, and anything in between those measurements up to 3.9. I fillet in other project and it doesn't have any errors. here are some pictures. the one below this one is I could extrude 5 inches
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Hi Carlos. Welcome to the forum. First, check the Forum Post Checklist for how to maximize your chances of answering your question. Second, I can't be sure what I'm looking at without a link to your model, but in this case I think the fillet is likely geometrically impossible, and that's why you're getting an error. The first picture works because you're filleting 2 simple 90deg corners. The second picture includes some sharp edges and a small radius. You can't add a radius any larger than the one that is already there. Hope that helps.
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Hi Carlos. Welcome to the forum. First, check the Forum Post Checklist for how to maximize your chances of answering your question. Second, I can't be sure what I'm looking at without a link to your model, but in this case I think the fillet is likely geometrically impossible, and that's why you're getting an error. The first picture works because you're filleting 2 simple 90deg corners. The second picture includes some sharp edges and a small radius. You can't add a radius any larger than the one that is already there. Hope that helps.
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It helped but I have specific measurements that I need to follow for the radius for that part it is supposed to be. But I was washing a tutorial on Inventor so that might be the difference. But I shared my documenthttps://cad.onshape.com/documents/64deaeba0f6480aae84d93af/w/d9c545a3f64fc43ceb012c98/e/3a70aa50db65d6509c8d96280
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@carlos_frias469 - what is the URL? Also, did you make it public?
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no I haven't0
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Shared it with onshape support0
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Setting that radius to 0.5in would completely consume that face - what is the real-world purpose of this part?
BTW for non-paid subscriptions, the forum is the correct place to get support.Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA0 -
Okay no I meant that I wan't to fillet this .5 inches not putting the radius .5 inches on this0
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I don't have Copy permissions, but from what I can see and measure the problem is in your first sketch. You have 3 arcs, and none of them are tangent. I've circled what looks like non-tangent connections between the arcs. Also, your smallest arc has a radius of .4in. These issues limit how large a fillet you can add.
I recreated a similar shape, and the largest feasible fillet was only .35.
Making the arcs tangent helped a bit and allowed me increase the fillet to .48 (almost .5). So bottom line, make sure your base sketch is correct.
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That's what I meant - you can add a fillet of 4.7in but no bigger
EDIT: and yes I fixed the sketch tangent issue firstSenior Director, Technical Services, EMEA0 -
Ive tried Mahir but its not letting me make the fillet to even .48 only .35
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nobody? okay my problem isn't solved0
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What should it look like? Can you show us the Inventor tutorial? What is the purpose of this part? What problem are you trying to solve?Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA0
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If nothing else, your sketch is not fully constrained. And without a constrained sketch, your geometry isn't locked down, which will yield indeterminate results when adding a fillet that depends on that geometry.
Like Neil was saying, without seeing the tutorial I can't tell what you're trying to accomplish.0 -
The tutorial is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxtre28-hQ0
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So if you watch the video carefully (I spent about 3 seconds looking at it) he selects the edge, not the face like you did - do the same and you'll get the same result.Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA3
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@NeilCooke, good on you for having the patience to sit and watch thatNeilCooke said:So if you watch the video carefully (I spent about 3 seconds looking at it) he selects the edge, not the face like you did - do the same and you'll get the same result.
I had a feeling face selection had something to do with it. In 2 decades of modeling, I can probably count on my hands the number times I've filleted a face instead of specific edges (barring 2 and 3-surface face fillets). 0
