Is it possible to mirror a variable radius fillet in SolidWorks? I always get errors

Branko Stokuca

19 Mar, 2013 07:14 PM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   There is a part with variable radius.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Go to the surface tools and select offset surface.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   select the variable radius and offset value is 0.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   The surface that you just created you will mirror on the other side of the part.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Than go to insert, cut, cut with surface
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Select the mirrored surface as a cutting tool. make sure that the direction of the cut is correct.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Than you have the variable radius on other side as well.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Than you can hide the surfaces or use the command delete body and delete both surfaces.