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244 CHAPTER 7 Modeling with PriMary Features

Figure 7.28
assigning values to a
variable-radius fillet

If you have selected several edges, and several unassigned values are on the screen, you can
use the Set Unassigned option in the PropertyManager to set them all to the same value. The
Set All option sets all radius values to the same number, including any values that you may have
changed to be different from the rest. Figure 7.29 shows the Variable Radius Parameters panel.

Figure 7.29
The Variable radius
Parameters panel of
the Fillet
PropertyManager

You can set an end of a variable-radius fillet to a value of zero, but you need to be careful
because it is likely to cause downstream problems with other fillets, shells, offsets, and even
machining operations. You cannot assign a zero radius in the middle of an edge, only at the end.
If you need to end a fillet at a particular location, you can use a split line to split the edge and
apply a zero radius at that point. (Chapter 8, “Selecting Secondary Features,” covers split lines.)
Figure 7.30 shows a part with two zero-radius values.