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Figure 7.24
asymmetrical fillets

Selecting a Fillet Profile
Within the Symmetric and Asymmetric fillets, you also have some profile options:
◆ Circular (only symmetric)

◆ Elliptic (only asymmetric)
◆ Conic rho (symmetric and asymmetric)
◆ Conic radius (only symmetric)
◆ Curvature continuous (symmetric and asymmetric)
You can think of these profiles as being the fillet cross sections. Circular cross sections can be
defined with a single radius. This should make intuitive sense. You should also be familiar with
the shape of an ellipse, although this is not directly specifiable with a radius value, SolidWorks
uses the radius value to approximate. The cross sections are shown in Figure 7.25.

Figure 7.25
Fillet profiles change the
shapes of the fil-
leted edges.

Circular Conic Rho Conic
Radius Curvature Elliptical
Continuous