Conic fillets in Solidworks

[dickler]

Hi everyone!

I'm pretty new to Solidworks, but I've worked on Pro/E for a while now.

I mostly do surface models, and I'm used to making almost all my fillets conic to get the curvature smooth.

The problem is, I haven't figured out how to make conic fillets in Solidworks?

I think I know how to make face fillets, but they don't work as well as in Pro/E and I can't adjust the conic parameter.

Could someone give me a hand in this, as I'm pretty much stuck.

BR

 

[c_thompson_68]

Face fillets can be curvature continuous when referencing a hold line (see SW help menu below). One way to create a hold line is to project a sketch onto a surface, and this is also explained further in the SW help menu.

When using the face fillet, go to options & select each hold line (after selecting the faces), and then check the curvature continuous box.


SolidWorks 2009 Help Menu
<h2 style="">Fillet Options</h2>
<ul style="">[*]


Select through faces. Enables
selection of edges through faces that hide edges.
[*]


Hold line. Select an edge on the part
or a projected split line on a face as a boundary that determines the face
fillet shape. The radius of the fillet is driven by the distance between the
hold line and the edge to fillet.<h2 style="">Fillet Options</h2>
[*]


Select through faces. Enables
selection of edges through faces that hide edges.
[*]


Hold line. Select an edge on the part
or a projected split line on a face as a boundary that determines the face
fillet shape. The radius of the fillet is driven by the distance between the
hold line and the edge to fillet.
[*]


Curvature continuous. Resolves
discontinuity problems and creates a smoother curvature between adjacent
surfaces. To verify the effect of the curvature continuity, you can display <a href="mkMSITStore:C:%5CProgram%20Files%5CSolidWorks%20Corp%5CSolidWorks%5Clang%5Cenglish%5Csldworks.chm::/Display/HIDD_Zebra_Properties.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">Zebra
Stripes</a>. You can also analyze the curvature using the curvature
tool.[/list]
Curvature continuous
fillets differ from standard fillets. They have a spline cross section as
opposed to a circular cross section. Curvature continuous fillets are smoother
than standard fillets because there is no jump in curvature at the boundary.
Standard fillets include a jump at the boundary because they are tangent
continuous at the boundary.

Edited by: c_thompson_68

 

[Kevin De Smet]

Conics in Solidworks on more features and being able to apply them easier would be useful, and Solidworks is also aware of this. I wouldn't be surprised if it's one of the points that will be upgraded in future releases.