Creating a spined fillet with constant radius

In this task you will use the Spined Fillet command to create a constant radius fillet between two surfaces along a spine curve.
Please note that you can accomplish this task by loading file "spf_constant.e3".



1 Start the Spined Fillet command.
 
2 In the Type drop-down list select Constant radius.
 
3 Select the first surface (Group A).



Right-click and select Continue to end selection for the first group of surfaces.
 
4 Select the second surface (Group B).



Right-click and select Continue to end selection for the second group of surfaces.
 
5 As you can see, the normal of the second surface is outward bound. If you keep it like that, you won't be able to create the fillet, as the normal of the first surface is inward bound instead. To invert the direction of the normal, thus enabling the creation of the fillet, double-click on the arrow representing the normal of the second surface.


 
6 Select the spine curve.


 
7 In the Radius mini-dialog box, type the value of the radius of the fillet you want to create.


 
8 In the Extension drop-down list select the fillet extension and then click or to confirm your selections and create the fillet:

Disabled Creates a blend surface whose length is only as long as the length at which the two selected surfaces actually intersect.


 
Full Creates a blend surface whose length extends to the outermost edges of either surface (which ever is longer) at the point where the two surfaces intersect.


 
Trimmed Creates a blend surface whose length at the point where it intersects with the selected surface is extended or trimmed to match the length of the surface at that intersection. If the Automatic cut check box ( Construction - Advanced category of the System Options) is selected, the portions of the selected surfaces extending beyond the new blend surface are automatically eliminated.