Custom Feature: Tangent Fill

ry_gb — Tue, 05 May 2026 03:57:41 +0000

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I've been using SolidWorks a lot lately (not by choice) and one of the features I found that is nice is the Tangent option in the Filled Surface feature for when you're filling in patches in places where fillets leave sharp pinch points.

Now, while the native Onshape Fill already does this, it's a PITA having to click on each dropdown to select Tangent. So here it is, folks. That's all this does. It defaults every edge continuity to tangent. I did throw in a select Open Loop edges option for the extra lazy folks like me.

On the off chance that no else has built this yet, just look at how many clicks I've saved you! In the example below, using regular Fill, it takes 12 clicks, while Tangent Fill needs only 1 click. I just gave you 15 seconds of your life back. Or else, let me know if this already exists, so I can delete this post (or the equivalent of that) and I can forget about this script I hastily put together.

tangent edges — Onshape

Custom Feature: Tangent Fill