Surface Fillets

Filleting the top half body

The base surfaces for the model have been created. In this tutorial we will only focus on filleting.

1. Download and open the model JerryCan and run FilletSrf .
2. At the Select first surface to Fillet (Radius=1) prompt, select the top handle surface.
3. At the Select second surface to fillet (Radius=1) prompt, select the inner handle surface.
4. The FilletSrf dialog will show. You can now use the slider to increase the radius. Increase the radius to 10.
5. Make sure that all the checkboxes are checked, so that the surface fillet runs across all the handle surfaces and joins the filleted pieces together:
   • Trim
   • Join
   • Extend
   • Continue across faces
6. Click OK to create the first surface fillets.

   

7. Create the fillets that connect the handle to the vertical part of the cutout. Radius 10.

   

8. Create the fillets that connect the handle to the rest of the body. Radius 15.

   

9. Now we can finish the remaining open and sharp edges with one continuous chain of fillet surfaces. Radius 10. Notice that FilletSrf continues all the way around, even where there are no matching edges: This is the true power of FilletSrf over FilletEdge.

   

Creating the funnel

There are 3 polysurfaces in this step that we connect with fillets using FilletSrf only. We use a radius of 5 for all connections in this step.

1. Run OneLayerOn and select layer 02 - 1.
2. Using FilletSrf, make a chain of fillets between the pipe and the funnel.

   

3. Create another chain between the funnel and the threaded opening.

   

4. Turn on the layer that contains the model created in step 01 and connect the funnel to the body with another surface fillet chain. Notice the fillet chain automatically trims the top surface of the body to make place for the funnel.

   

   

5. To complete the top half of the body turn on the layer 02 - 5 and use the object to Trim a hole in the top surface of the body. Then Join the two polysurfaces.

   

Creating the bottom half body

We will now create fillets between the edge of a surface and a surface using FilletSrfCrv . In this step we will also keep radii 5 mm.

1. Run OneLayerOn and select layer 03 - 1.
2. Run FilletSrfCrv .
3. At the Select a surface near a curve (Radius=1) prompt, select the top surface close to the border of the surface.
4. At the Select a curve near the surface selection point (Radius=1) prompt, double click on the edge of the open surface to select the whole outer loop.
5. Turn the Trim option off.
   • Trim
6. At the Select a curve near the surface selection point.. Press Enter when done (Radius=1) prompt, press Enter . The dialog will show up, but no fillets will be created yet, since the distance between the surface and the curve chain is too large for a fillet of radius 1.
7. Increase the radius to 5 and press OK to create the fillets.

   

8. Repeat the process for the radius on the other side of the inner surface.

   

9. Hide the surface that was filleted against.
10. Select the two fillet chains from previous steps and run Trim .
11. Select the top surface in between the two fillet chains to trim that part.

    

12. Show the surface and Join all the parts into a single polysurface.

    

13. Use FilletSrf to fillet the remaining sharp edges of the bottom support

    

Finish the complete body

1. Run Mirror
2. At the Select objects to mirror prompt, select the lower half of the body and press Enter .
3. At the Start of mirror plane (3Point, Copy=Yes, MirrorAnnotations=yes, XAxis, YAxis, ZAxis, Object) prompt, set the Copy option to no, and select ZAxis.
4. Turn on the top half body layer.
5. Select all polysurfaces and Join them into a single closed polysurface.
6. Turn on layer 04 - 1.

   

7. To join the outlet with screw thread to the body, again use FilletSrf , radius 5.