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How to add a chamfer to an edge in sheet metal

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:58 pm
by Tera
In this very simple sheet metal I need to add a chamfer to the blue edge. It doesn't go through the whole length. So I can not use chamfer or break corner tools.
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Drawing a triangle and using it for cut-extrude cuts the whole thickness and will result to this.
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Is there any other way to do this? How can I add a chamfer to an edge of a sheet metal that doesn't go through the whole length, but a part of it?

thank you.

Re: How to add a chamfer to an edge in sheet metal

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:27 am
by steph
clic or unclic "normal to" in the extrude function

Re: How to add a chamfer to an edge in sheet metal

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:28 am
by SPerman
Choose this chamfer type (which is the only one I ever use. I wish it could be set as default.)
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That gives you this option below. (I assume this works the same on sheetmetal.):
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The other advantage to using that type of chamfer is that it gives you the option to convert it to a fillet and back.
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Re: How to add a chamfer to an edge in sheet metal

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:48 am
by Tera
Both ways did the job.

Million thanks