I want to apply a variable fillet to sharp edges....
I want to apply a variable fillet to sharp edges.
I read the text and modeled it exactly, but I can't do variable fillets.
Could you see the attachment?
I will appreciate your guidance and support.
Panton Chair
https://learnsolidworks.com/solidworks_tutorials/how-to-model-a-panton-chair-in-solidworks
Accepted answer
Megumi,
I've never made that chair tutorial, so I'm looking forward to trying it. I don't have time to complete it tonight, but will check it out soon.
I love your feature tree. I've never opened a Japanese part before, the letters mean nothing to me, but they look beautiful.
I noticed your sketch: ｽｹｯﾁ3 is made from a spline with nine points. It doesn't look too bad, but try using a Style Spline instead of the regular Spline tool. You may need more control points with the Style Spline, but the end result will be much smoother. If you enable the Display Curvature option for the spline, you'll see some unwanted wiggles.
I didn't chance anything in your model, but the variable radius fillet suddenly started to work. I normally enter the radius values in the little flag boxes in the graphics window, but that wasn't working. Eventually I pressed the "Set All" button in the Fillet dialog box, and it showed a preview for a 24mm x 24mm fillet. I changed it to 24mm x 0mm and it still worked fine... Sort of a mystery.
For a consumer product like this you may want to look into the conic fillets.
Also, check out the chair in zebra stripe mode to see the curvature. It shows there's a bit of a seam down the center that needs to be accounted for. This can be done with the 3d sketches made earlier and used as guides in the loft feature.
I noticed the 3D curves were set to be along X, and I assumed that would be enough to fix any tangency issues, but something else needs to be done. Maybe check the loft settings and insure the end at the center of the chair is tangent to the vector of the right plane?
I know you are following the tutorial, but replacing the loft with the boundary surface tool may give better results as well.
Edit: I made a few tiny changes, and the results are in the attached image "Zebra 2".
Changes are:
Apply a tangency vector to make the loft tangent to the right plane.
Change the variable radius from 24mm x 0mm, to 24mm x 4mm
Change the variable radius from spherical, to a conic profile
