Trouble with Fillets

 From:  Michael Gibson
2145.27 In reply to 2145.25 
Hi John,

> What I don't understand though is how come it's possible
> to fillet the whole thing at once, but not by doing the different
> edges around the body?

When you try to fillet in different passes, the initial fillet ends up creating some sharp corners, which creates difficult topology for the next fillet after that to try and deal with.

Burr has a good example and illustration of this above.

It tends to be ok to do multiple fillet passes if you have all smooth edges but sharp edges can create more difficult situations.


> I need two different fillet widths, it doesnt seem like it's possible =\

No, not currently in MoI, at least not easily. I do have it on my "todo" list to enable setting different batches of fillet radii within one single go of the Fillet command though.

That would probably be what you would need to solve this case.

- Michael