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Can you fillet the edge of an extruded spline shape ?

auburncad

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Can you fillet the edge of an extruded spline shape in Alibre aggressively. Here is a simple example that was done in another program and imported into Alibre. I tried this in Alibre with no success.

SPlineExtrude_Fillet.jpg

I was able to get a smaller radius fillet in Alibre.
SplineFilletAlibre.jpg
 

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HaroldL

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Alibre chokes on the smaller radius of the part. It will only fillet to something less than the smallest radius of the edge. Check the Status (RMB) of your fillet to find out what the reason is for failure.
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auburncad

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Thanks, I tried it on the same shape I was able to fillet in Fusion360, the first image seen above. I get this error when I try and go with a larger radius: ABL_CAP_COMPLEX: Situation detected too complex for capping. Maybe just not possible in Alibre yet?
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auburncad

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Just messing around I smoothed the spline curve into more of an egg shape and I was able to get a larger radius, but not like in fusion. When I tried going larger I got the error: BL_UNFIN_SHEET: unable to complete sheet - blend may be too big.

SPlineExtrude_Filletv3.jpg
 
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