Remove Rounds and Fillets

Use the Defeature: Fillets tool to find and remove both round (convex) and fillet (concave) surfaces.

The Defeature: Fillets tool allows you to select a round or fillet, and find all that are larger, smaller, or similar (±5%) in size. In general, it is best to remove small fillets first, then larger fillets, then rounds. When you get to a point where you cannot remove any more, it is time to use other modeling tools and strategies to complete the geometry simplification.

  1. From the Geometry ribbon, click the Defeature > Fillets tool.


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  2. From the guide bar drop-down menu, select whether to find Rounds, Fillets, or All.
  3. Click Find on the guide bar.
    Rounds and fillets in the model are selected and highlighted red.
  4. Review each selected round/fillet by clicking and on the guide bar.
  5. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define settings used to find and select rounds/fillets of a specific size.
  6. Remove rounds/fillets in the following ways:
    • Remove all selected rounds/fillets by clicking on the guide bar.
    • Remove individual rounds/fillets by left-clicking on a selected round/fillet.