Chamfering the Corners of an Object

The following procedures describe how to chamfer the corners of an object using the Chamfer command.

Starting the command with objects selected

  1. Select an object or multiple objects on the canvas.
  2. On the ribbon, click Shape > Reshape > Chamfer.
  3. In the Chamfer dialog, set values for Maximum cut and Minimum cut, and click Apply. The corners of the selected objects are chamfered.
  4. If you change either of these values, re-select the object or click Apply in the Chamfer dialog.

Starting the command before selecting objects

  1. On the ribbon, click Shape > Reshape > Chamfer.
  2. In the command dialog, set values for Maximum cut and Minimum cut.
  3. Select an object or multiple objects on the canvas. The corners of the selected objects are chamfered.
  4. If you change either of the values for Maximum cut and Minimum cut, then re-select the object or click Apply in the Chamfer dialog.

Target objects

Target objects are as follows.

  • Line
  • Area fill
  • Component area

Assist menu

The following items can be selected by right-clicking the mouse.

Apply

Undo

Exit

Command dialog

Chamfer

 

Note
A vertex or tangent arc is only chamfered if the angle between segments meeting at the vertex is 90 degrees.