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Building a rounding surface |
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To build a rounding surface, use the Rounding surface 
command.
Step-by-step instructions
1.Specify the first face or a set of faces of the solid/surface. The name of the object is displayed in the Surface 1 field in the Main section on the Parameter toolbar.
Activate the Surface 2 field and specify the second surface.
To the right of the field with the object name there is Change direction 
button. Using it, you can change the building direction relative to the normal to the specified surface to the opposite direction.
2.If needed, enable the Select tangent faces option. In this case, faces smoothly joined or tangent to the specified faces will also be involved in the building.
3.Specify the surface construction method in the Section movement group of elements in the Construction section. More about methods of building a surface...
4.Specify the rounding surface parameters in the Rounding section on the Parameter panel.
•Select method of defining surface rounding boundaries. The controls for editing parameters of the Width group are used for this purpose. More details about methods for establishing rounding boundaries...
•Select mating conditions and section shape of rounding surface in group Mating. More details about the mating rounding surface and the shape of the section...
•Set the shape and position of the lateral edges of the rounding surface using the group of controls Lateral edges. More details about controlling the shape and position of the lateral edges...
5.By default, the rounding surface is built with splitting, the number of transverse edges and the position of their vertexes are determined by the system. At this time, option Split to edges is enabled on the Parameters toolbar. Switch it off in order to build a rounding surface without splitting.
6.To check a surface for self–intersections, please enable the Self-intersection check option. If any self–intersections are detected, a corresponding message will appear on the screen. More details about surface self-intersection...
7.If the construction results in multiple fillet surfaces, delete any unnecessary ones if necessary. To do this, uncheck the box next to the surface name in the Surfaces list in the Result group in the Design section.
8.You can trim the source surfaces along the boundaries of the fillet surface, and also stitch the trimmed surfaces and the fillet surface into a single surface using the buttons in the Source faces group in the Design section. More about trimming of source surfaces and knitting with rounding...
9.It's available to assign the name of the rounded surface and its display properties using the controls in the Properties section. More about the management of color and optical properties of objects...
10.To complete the operation, click Create object 
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In the graphic area, the created surface appears, and in the Design tree — its icon .
11.To complete operation of the command, click Finish 
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Tips
To set the linear parameters, you can use the commands of the geometrical calculator.
See Also
