Bevel

General

  • You can make a bevel on a single line or a tangential chain of lines.
  • The size of the bevel is determined by either two dimensions or one dimension and angle.
  • In the function, you can also click a surface, in which case the program will suggest bevel for all its edges.

Add a bevel to an edge

  1. Select the function Part | Tools | Bevel.
  2. Select one or more lines.
    • Hold down the Ctrl key if you select more than one line.
  3. Select Confirm. (Confirm = V key, middle mouse button or the context-sensitive function OK).
    • The program always chooses a tangential line chain if possible. If you want to perform only a single bevel instead of a bevel chain, abort the function and perform the bevel by selecting a line and the context-sensitive function: Add Round/Bevel > Single Edge Bevel
    • The program opens the dialog box Round/Bevel.
  4. Edit the data in the dialog box. Bevel Feature Data
  5. Select OK.

Make a single bevel to the selected edge(s)

  1. Select one or more edge lines to be beveled.
    • Hold down the Ctrl key if you select more than one line.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Add Round/Bevel > Single Edge Bevel
    • The program opens the dialog box Round/Bevel.
  3. Edit the data in the dialog box. Bevel Feature Data
  4. Select OK.

Make a bevel chain to the selected edge(s)

  1. Select one or more line chains or lines to be beveled.
    • Hold down the Ctrl key if you select more than one line.
  2. Select the context-sensitive function Add Round/Bevel > Single Edge Bevel.
    • The program searches for and marks tangential line chains and
    • The program opens the dialog box Round/Bevel.
  3. Edit the data in the dialog box. Bevel Feature Data
  4. Select OK.

Example: All edge lines of the surface are beveled

  • The function Part | Tools | Bevel is selected.
  • Surface is clicked.
    • The program has added all edges of the surface to the list of elements to be beveled.
  • The bevel value is entered and accepted.