Smoothing and Rounding Corners

The Fillet command places an arc of a user-specified radius at the intersection of two selected objects, with the option of trimming those objects to the fillet endpoints. You can also use the Fillet command to quickly generate a slot from two parallel lines, which you will do later in one of the examples in this chapter.

The command can be activated by selecting the Fillet button from the Modify toolbar (see Figure 9.18) or by choosing the Fillet command from the Modify pull-down menu.

Figure 9.18. Access the Fillet command from the toolbar.

The following is a list of objects that can be filleted:

  • Arcs

  • Circles ...

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