SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts

If you have selected several edges, and several unassigned values are on the screen, then you can

use the Set Unassigned option in the PropertyManager to set them all to the same value. The Set

All option sets all radius values to the same number, including any values that you may have

changed to be different than the rest. Figure 7.39 shows the Variable Radius Parameters panel.

FIGURE 7.39

The Variable Radius Parameters panel of the Fillet PropertyManager

Another available option with the variable radius fillet is that you can set a value of zero at an end

of the fillet. You need to be careful about using a zero radius, because it is likely to cause down-

stream problems with other fillets, shells, offsets, and even machining operations. You cannot

assign a zero radius in the middle of an edge, only at the end. If you need to end a fillet at a partic-

ular location, you can use a split line to split the edge and apply a zero radius at that point. Figure

7.40 shows a part with two zero-radius values.

FIGURE 7.40

Zero-radius values in the variable radius fillet