Hi, Is it true that Solidworks has better filleting tools? Filleting complex surfaces has much pain. It usually fails. What priveleges does Rhino have over Solidworks?

I find myself in agreement with both @Lagom and @wim , and now don’t know what to do… :wink: In all seriousness, I’m looking forward to dramatically better visuals while designing, as opposed to taking in process designs to Keyshot for a ‘look’, and: Looking forward to future core modeling enhance…

RichardZ: this fillet topic is going SO on my nerves already Easy. Don’t read these kind of topics. This is the best alternative ; )

[image] JimCarruthers: So how exactly would you expect a more sophisticated FilletSrf tool that does not require edge input like FilletEdge, to work? Here is a file showing how easy it would be for Rhino to improve the user input. FilletingTangents.3dm (339.9 KB) It would take very little d…

File added to the bug item for this thread, thanks. -Pascal

I’m confused how is that @jim example is suddenly a bug? It’s the well known and documented behavior of fillet edge. It’s why so many have complained about it.

Well, yes, bug is probably not the right word - we track all this on the ‘bug tracker’ whether it’s a bug or a wish or just something we want to keep track of… I would usually use ‘YT item’ or ‘YouTrack item’ if I feel readers know what that is, but here, apparently I did not. -Pascal

Hello, I am a designer for the sailing industry, and I get a lot of solidworks files. I can say that if solidworks user is not a specialist, each filets can be deleted and rebuilt in 3D rhino … on a 40 feet boat there are many fillets, and building history in solidworks becomes very long and very h…

[image] Stratosfear: I’m confused how is that @jim example is suddenly a bug? It’s the well known and documented behavior of fillet edge. The purpose of my example was not to show the flaws in filletEdge. Everybody knows about that. There is only one reason Rhino has a reputation for havin…

[image] Stratosfear: Would it be possible to add extend NO to Variable fillet/blend/chamfer? This has been requested long ago. Its not very difficult to extract the bare surface without the extensions. The problem is that there is no way to accurately get the radius that is needed or wanted…

Why does Rhino have lots of issues in filleting complex surfaces while Solidworks usually fillets easily?

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Stratosfear September 29, 2017, 7:38pm 40

Would it be possible to add extend NO to Variable fillet/blend/chamfer?

Wish: Make "Variable fillet surface" user-friendly

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Why does Rhino have lots of issues in filleting complex surfaces while Solidworks usually fillets easily?

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