CHAMFER command

Creates chamfers at intersections, defined by two lengths, or a length and an angle.

BricsCAD Lite; BricsCAD Pro; BricsCAD Mechanical; BricsCAD BIM

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Alias: CHA

Description

Creates a chamfer between two entities. The entities could be:
  • Lines, excluding parallel lines
  • 2D polylines, excluding parallel polylines
  • The edge of a selected 3D solid or surface
  • Rays, excluding parallel rays
  • Infinite lines, excluding parallel infinite lines
The size of the chamfer is defined by:
  • specifying two distances
  • length and angle
Note: To connect two entities without creating a chamfer, hold the Shift key when selecting the second entity.

Options within the command

chamfer Settings
Opens the Settings dialog box at the chamfer parameters.
Polyline
Chamfers the vertices where two segments meet of the selected polyline (if applicable).
Note: Creating chamfers on a hatch boundary created with individual lines (1) results in removal of hatch associativity. Associativity is maintained if the boundary is defined from a polyline (2).
sOlid
Chamfers all edges of a selected 3D solid.
Angle
Changes the method to length-angle.
Note: BricsCAD measures the angle from 0 degrees, the X axis.
Distance
Changes the method to distance-distance.
mEthod
Specifies between angle and distance methods.
Note: The program will keep using the same method for determining the chamfer until the method is changed again.
Trim
Determines if the entities are trimmed or extended to meet the endpoints of the chamfer line.
Undo
Undoes the last chamfer when in multiple mode.
Multiple
Create multiple chamfers with the same settings. Press the Esc key to exit the command.
Enter surface selection option
Selects which adjacent surface is the base surface that defines the edges that can be chamfered.
Note: After you select the edge of a 3D solid or surface, the Command line prompts you to Enter surface selection option to indicate which adjacent surface is the base surface.
Next
Selects the next adjacent surface.
Ok
Sets the selected adjacent surface as the base surface.
Select edge
Selects only one edge (1) of the base surface to be chamfered.
Loop
Loops around selecting all tangential edges belonging on the base surface (2) to be chamfered.