FILLET

Purpose:

To create fillets, with no trim, between two segments, (lines, arcs, splines, ), in 2-D drawings.

(See also Modify / Trim / Fillet for combined 'fillet and trim' operations)

Instructions:

1. In the Insert menu, click Fillet.

2. First, the system shows a dialog in which the user can select the fillet type and key in the dimension.

3. Then, the user is requested to indicate the two segments (typically a corner) where to insert the fillet. Click Operation Complete to go back to the Fillet type selection dialog.

   The user should position the cursor very close to, and within, the corner between the two segments lines where the fillet is to be created. Following a single click of the left button the system will create the required fillet, but without any trimming operations.

   If the segments are two lines and stop short of one another and do not actually intersect, then the system will still try to find the one quadrant that would be bounded by the two lines if they were to be extended towards the point of theoretical intersection, however the process still requires the cursor to be positioned close to the theoretical intersection point. (Arc fillets are not yet implemented.)

4. In case the wanted fillet is hard to define by a single indication, it is possible to indicate both segments individually. Click Options to flip between indicating fillet and both segments.

   The system will fail if there is another entity, particularly an arc, which would be between the fillet and the corner point.

Options:

There are no options, except for indication mode, within this process.

Result:

A fillet will be created, The color and line type of the resulting fillet will be the same as the segment closest to user indication.