Chamfering Corners

If your design requires you to draw a beveled corner, use the CHAMFER command. The CHAMFER command is used to bevel corners formed by two nonparallel lines, rays, xlines, or polylines. To issue this command, you choose Chamfer from the Modify pull-down menu or toolbar. To use the CHAMFER command, you first set the parameters defining the bevel to be generated and then select the two line segments that form the corner.

Another major enhancement to the CHAMFER and FILLET commands is the ability to fillet separate polylines into one continuous polyline.

Defining the Bevel

To obtain the desired bevel, you first define one of two sets of parameters. One set of parameters, accessed with the Distances option, enables you to define ...

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