ErichR Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I often have a connected series of polygons, which are combined using the Add Surface command. The result is paving - roadways and parking lots. Then, the poly corners need radiuses, and for these the fillet tool sometimes works. Of course, a lot of cleaning up has to be done, removing redundant verticies, etc. When applying the fillet tool, it fails at least 50% of the time. And, unexpectedly, the polygon is converted to a polyline! Why is the fillet tool converting a polyline into a polygon? Or, why is the fillet tool inconsistent? V12/WXP. P.S. In my next life, I hope these paved surfaces can easily made to follow site contours. I say, my next life, because I don't think VW developers are going to make this possible any time soon, or within the next life of VW. [ 02-07-2006, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: ErichR ] Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted February 7, 2006 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 7, 2006 quote: Originally posted by ErichR: When applying the fillet tool, it fails at least 50% of the time. And, unexpectedly, the polygon is converted to a polyline! If a polygon gets filleted, it has a rounded corner, and thus by definition isn't a polygon. Or are you using the first mode of the fillet tool? If it's failing where it clearly should work, submit the problem file with a description to bugsubmit@nemetschek.net or call tech support. Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Erich, could it be a problem with your radius setting? That needs to be a little less than the shorter of the two lines or polyline segments being filleted. As long as that condition is met, I've never seen the fillet tool fail. Quote Link to comment
ErichR Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 The reason for converting to a polygon is that the fillet tool (3rd one) seems to perform better. This is not a new problem, and it has nothing to do with the radius setting. I'll see if I can send the file to NNA. I'm surprised that others haven't reported the same problem. Quote Link to comment
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