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Chamfering edges

Chamfering edges - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Chamfering edges

- We can easily apply chamfers to a part just like we would apply a fillet. Directly below the fillet icon is the chamfer tool. Click on the chamfer tool and then choose the edges we would like to apply chamfer to, and define the size and the angle you'd like to apply. Now, I can choose one edge or I can choose multiple edges all at the same time. Click on Okay, and it's going to apply all those chamfers at once. Now, if I want to go back to that, not the fillet tool, but the chamfer tool directly below it, and I can define also the angle. So I can make this maybe a 20 degree angle. In that case there, I'm gonna choose this edge right here. And notice whenever I have a interesting angle that's not at 45 degrees, it gives me a little arrow. And I can flip that arrow to determine which way that distance here, that quarter inch is applied either to the right or down. Click Okay when it looks good, and that's about it for applying chamfers. The chamfer tool is a great way to clean up the…

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