Rounding edges

Context:

Select ShapeBlendRound/Fillet from the main menu bar to round selected edges of the part in the current viewport. You can round, or fillet, both convex and concave edges. A part with rounded edges is illustrated in the following example:

You define the radius of the fillet, and Abaqus/CAE applies the radius to all of the selected edges as a group; therefore, subsequent feature manipulation operations, such as edit, delete, and suppress, will be applied to the entire group of selected edges. Consequently, if you select more than one edge to round, you cannot modify just one of the rounded edges. In addition, the shape of the resulting edges can depend on the order in which you apply the fillets, as shown in the following figure. The fillets on the left side of the part were created by selecting all three edges and applying the round/fillet tool to the group of selected edges in a single operation. In contrast, the fillets on the right side of the part were created by selecting each edge individually and applying the round/fillet tool to each edge in sequence.

The round/fillet tool is available only when the current viewport contains a three-dimensional solid or shell part. In addition, you cannot fillet an edge that contains a wire. The radius of a rounded edge defines the feature and can be modified using the Feature Manipulation toolset.