Creating Partial Chamfers and Fillets

You can create partial chamfers and fillets with specified lengths along model edges.

The Manual tab of the Fillet PropertyManager and the Chamfer PropertyManager contains a group box where you can specify Partial Edge Parameters. When you select an edge in Items To Fillet or Items To Chamfer, expand Partial Edge Parameters to define the start and end position of the partial feature.

This enhancement is available only for constant size fillets and offset face chamfers.

To create partial chamfers:

  1. Open system_dir:\Users\Public\Public Documents\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2019\samples\whatsnew\parts\chamfer.sldprt.
  2. Click Chamfer (Features toolbar) or Insert > Features > Chamfer.
  3. Right-click the edge shown and click Select Tangency.

  4. In the PropertyManager:
    1. Under Chamfer Type, click Offset Face .
    2. Select Full preview.
    3. Select Partial Edge Parameters.
    4. In Start condition, select Distance offset.
    5. Set Offset distance from start point to 20mm.
    6. In End condition, select Distance offset.
  5. Drag the handles approximately as shown.

  6. Click .