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misterrogers  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:18:47 AM(UTC)
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This might sound like a really dumb question and it just might be, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to easily create a simple fillet between two surfaces that concave rather than convex.

Easy to use the fillet tool to create an outward curve but how can I reverse it so it becomes inward?

Thanks!
ZeroLengthCurve  
#2 Posted : Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:55:05 AM(UTC)
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It sounds as if that is a feature that should have the "press ctrl to reverse/invert..." flag on it the way thickening a surface to a solid does.
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#3 Posted : Thursday, June 9, 2011 10:45:10 PM(UTC)
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It's not as simple as it looks at a glance, because it splits the edge, offsets the surfaces' edges, inserts two new surfaces and then fillets the new edge. So, the simplest way I know is to fillet the edge needed, then copy the object, convert the copy to surfaces and delete the fillet surface. Thicken the surfaces adjacent and add them so that they give a new edge that can be filleted. The other methodology is to copy the object, fillet the edge normally, then convert to curves, then use the fillet's edge curves as rails for an inverted profile.
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NickB  
#4 Posted : Friday, June 10, 2011 12:50:19 AM(UTC)
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This came up a while back http://forum.punchcad.com/showthread.php?t=2961

Posted a screencast of how to do it with simple forms. The same concept of creating two offset solids and booleaning them together would work with more complex forms. Back in the day there was a tool for creating lips or parting lines around the edge of a solid. Once you have the lip, adding the fillet is easy.
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zumer  
#5 Posted : Friday, June 10, 2011 4:07:56 AM(UTC)
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The most useful methodology is to thicken the surfaces adjacent to the edge you want to inverse-fillet. Intersect them and it gives a collar that can have a appropriate edge treatment applied.
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misterrogers  
#6 Posted : Friday, June 10, 2011 12:07:31 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: NickB Go to Quoted Post
This came up a while back http://forum.punchcad.com/showthread.php?t=2961

Posted a screencast of how to do it with simple forms. The same concept of creating two offset solids and booleaning them together would work with more complex forms. Back in the day there was a tool for creating lips or parting lines around the edge of a solid. Once you have the lip, adding the fillet is easy.



:) yeah I certainly did ask this one before. Thanks for refreshing it back from long since forgotten memory. Some good new and old tips. It does seem like there should be a negative or ctrl/option to reverse but I guess that would not work.
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