End Treatments in Frame Generator

In Frame Generator, several commands are available for modifying frame members and applying end treatments. End treatments are accumulative, and can be mixed. For example, you can apply miters or mixed end treatments to three frame members that meet to form a corner.

You can reuse a straight frame member with its existing end treatment. If you want to reuse a frame member but want a different end treatment, change the end treatment first and then reuse the frame member. For a straight frame member with a miter on each end, such as an angled beam between two opposite inside corners, the correct frame length computes automatically.

You can also cut treatments on curved or merged members. End treatments of an arc curved frame are trimmed following the curve shape. End treatments of a spline curved frame are trimmed through tangent direction. However, Miter does not support two curved or merged beams. Curved or merged beams cannot be trimmed by or extend to a curved surface. Only Notch supports Elliptical beams.

Note: If you create frame members using multiple edges and the Merge feature, you cannot apply automatic end treatments to them with Frame Generator commands. Instead, you can apply cuts and trims using standard modeling commands within Autodesk Inventor to edit the part directly.