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DanB

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Rounded edges
« on: July 19, 2012, 04:21:33 PM »
AutoCAD 2012

Trying to learn a bit more about 3d modeling. Let's say you draw a 4" square, extrude said square a height of 4", resulting in a 4" cube (probably a better way to do this?). Once you have this cube, what type of steps are involved in creating a rounded edge along all sides - maybe similar to a dice, there are no hard angles - rather they are smoothed. I know I could fillet the corners prior to extrusion, but there will still be sides needing to be rounded.



mjfarrell

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Re: Rounded edges
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2012, 05:04:11 AM »
fillet them
SOLID>>>Fillet Edges command (best done in various Isometric views so one can see what edges are being affected


and insted of Extrude one would find CUBE a better method
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DanB

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Re: Rounded edges
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2012, 11:15:47 AM »
Really dislike the ribbon menus - I just discovered the entire suite of 3d edit commands while searching around for the solid fillet option. Thanks "mjfarrell", looks like I have lots more tools at my disposal now and more to learn.

bchapman

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Re: Rounded edges
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2013, 09:53:48 PM »
Fillet, Chamfer, Union, Subtract, Slice....probably be your best friend