Add chamfers to sketch geometry

Learn how to use the Chamfer commands to bevel the corners of sketch geometry in an active sketch in Fusion.

Note: Before you can modify sketch geometry, you must use the Create Sketch command

to create a new sketch or right-click an existing sketch and select Edit Sketch to enter the Sketch contextual environment.

Add an equal distance chamfer

equal distance chamfer example

On the Sketch contextual tab, select Modify > Chamfer > Equal Distance Chamfer .
Pause the cursor over the first line or a vertex.

If you pause over a vertex, a preview of the chamfer displays.
Click to select the line or vertex.
If you selected a line, pause the cursor over the second line to see a preview of the chamfer.
Click to select the second line.
Drag the distance manipulator handle in the canvas or specify a distance value.
To end the command, press Enter.

The chamfer geometry and distance dimensions display in the canvas. The second distance dimension is driven by the first distance dimension. If you update the first dimension, the second dimension will update as well, so that the two distances remain equal.

Note: Valid selections highlight when you pause the cursor over them. The initial chamfer preview displays a distance value that is proportional to the smaller of the selected objects.

Add a distance and angle chamfer

distance and angle chamfer example

On the Sketch contextual tab, select Modify > Chamfer > Distance And Angle Chamfer .
Pause the cursor over the first line or a vertex.

If you pause over a vertex, a preview of the chamfer displays.
Click to select the line or vertex.
If you selected a line, pause the cursor over the second line to see a preview of the chamfer.
Click to select the second line.
Drag the distance manipulator handle in the canvas or specify a distance value.
Drag the angle manipulator handle in the canvas or specify an angle value.
To end the command, press Enter.

The chamfer geometry, distance dimension, and angle dimension display in the canvas.

Add a two distance chamfer

two distance chamfer example

On the Sketch contextual tab, select Modify > Chamfer > Two Distance Chamfer .
Pause the cursor over the first line or a vertex.

If you pause over a vertex, a preview of the chamfer displays.
Click to select the line or vertex.
If you selected a line, pause the cursor over the second line to see a preview of the chamfer.
Click to select the second line.
Drag the first distance manipulator handle in the canvas or specify the first distance value.

The first time you move one of the distance manipulator handles, both distance values adjust.
Drag the second distance manipulator handle in the canvas or specify the second distance value.
To end the command, press Enter.

The chamfer geometry and distance dimensions display in the canvas. Each distance dimension is independent. If you update the first dimension, the second dimension remains as you set it, and vice versa.

Tips

In the Sketch Palette dialog, in the Feature Options section, you can switch between Chamfer types while any chamfer command is active.
As you move the mouse cursor, object snap symbols display near the geometry when you snap to the sketch grid or other geometry in the design. If you snap to a specific point, the logical constraints are automatically added to the sketch.