Having problems creating a radius on this solid

Rhino
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I would like to create a radius on the top edge of this solid, but anything over about .11 in radius will break the object.

One foot note, this solid has a 2% taper on the side walls, so not sure if that’s whats causing the issue.

Just wondering if there is another approach I should be using?

Example.3dm (374.3 KB)
Thanks,

Kent

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your radius here is .10

you cannot make a larger radius than this without it self intersecting.

try building it without those radii, then add the .14 first around the top and bottom, then the .10 on the sides

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do it like this-

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:smiling_face_with_tear:
Wanted to respond the same thing as @theoutside, was already modeling a file to prove my case, but to late.

Just like Kyle said, because of that corner filled it cant produce the other fillets.
My personal 2 ways of fixing this are:

  • Filleting everything at once.
  • Try a different approach, so top first then sides.
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Thank You very much… I will give this a shot…
One follow up question… How did you do the mark up’s ? was that done with a digital pen, or other method? Really cool effect !!

Thanks again…

Kent

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I grabbed a snapshot with the snipping tool in windows, and marked it up with a wacom cintiq tablet and a digital pen using the paint tools in the snipping app.