Create a chamfer

Learn how to use the Chamfer command to bevel edges on a solid body in Fusion.

1. Click Design > Solid > Modify > Chamfer .

   The Chamfer dialog displays.

2. In the canvas, select edges, faces, or features to chamfer.

   The selection set displays as a row in the selection box.

3. In the dialog, select the chamfer Type:

   • Equal Distance: Bevels edges based on an equal distance to each side.
   • Two Distance: Bevels edges based on a different distance to each side.
   • Distance And Angle: Bevels edges based on a single distance and an angle.

4. Adjust the Distance or Angle values for the chamfer:

   • In the canvas, drag the distance or angle manipulator handles.
   • In the dialog, in the row in the selection box, specify the distance or angle values.
   Tip: Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (MacOS) to modify the selection set after you adjust the Distance or Angle values.

5. Optional: For the Two Distance chamfer type, click the Flip icon to flip the first and second sides.

6. Select a Corner Type:

   • Chamfer: Creates a chamfer to join beveled edges at the corner.
   • Miter: Merges beveled edges into a mitered corner point.
   • Blend: Blends beveled edges into adjacent faces.

7. Optional: In the selection box, click the + icon to add a selection set to the list. Repeat steps 2-6 to create fillets with different settings than the first selection set.

8. Click OK.

The chamfers display on the solid body in the canvas.

Tips

• Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (MacOS) to modify the selection set once the chamfer command preview displays on the body in the canvas.

• Use Tangent Chain to dynamically control selection sets.

  • If you start with a body and a single Fillet operation like this:

  

  • With Tangent Chain off, you select a single edge at a time, with the following Chamfer result:

  

  • With Tangent Chain on, you select tangentially connected edges, with the following Chamfer result:

  

  • If you roll back the Timeline and add additional edges to the earlier Fillet operation:

  

  • When you replay the later Chamfer operation, the selection set updates to include new tangentially connected edges, with the following Chamfer result:

  

• Uncheck Tangent Chain to exclude tangentially connected edges when you select edges.