Inserting a Fillet

The Fillet command inserts a tangent arc between two existing lines. The two existing lines must intersect, and are truncated at the ends of the fillet when the command is finished. The new line (chamfer) is inserted into the drawing using the current line type, line width and color of the Drawing View Format Bar.

• Select the mode you want to draw the text in - Paper Space or Survey Space.
  
• From the Format toolbar, choose the line type, width and color. You can change the properties of the line at any time, but you will save time by selecting them first.
  
• Choose Draw | Fillet.
  
• Double click the two intersecting lines. The order in which you select them is not important.
  
• Move the mouse away from the intersect point. TPC will redraw the fillet so that it passes through the current mouse position. To specify an exact fillet radius, hold down the left shift key and left click to display the Arc dialog box. Enter the radius and choose OK.

To cancel the text command anytime before you finish, press the [Esc] key.

Upon completion of this command, the two intersecting lines are truncated to the ends of the fillet.

Hint

Use the Chamfer or Fillet commands with a length/radius of zero to trim two lines to their intersection.

Editions

Premium, Professional

Related Topics

Drawing Commands
The Undo Command
Editing Drawing Objects
Entering Exact Values
Erasing Drawing Objects
Hiding Drawing Objects
Using Drawing View
Smart Drawing Objects
Working with Drawing Objects
Drawing Commands