Discover how to utilize the Chamfer command in AutoCAD, perfecting your skills in completing a drawing of a screwdriver by cutting corners using this key tool.
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Topics covered in this AutoCAD tutorial:
Chamfer Command
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In this exercise, you will use the Chamfer command to cut corners to complete a drawing to make a screwdriver. You can start the Chamfer command by pressing CHA Enter or clicking the Chamfer button from the Fillet drop down menu in the Modify panel or on the button in the Modify Toolbar.
The Chamfer Command
Open the file Chamfer-Screwdriver.dwg.
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You will use the Chamfer command to make a drawing of a screwdriver from these simple adjoining rectangles. The Chamfer command operates in a similar way to the Fillet command.
There are several ways to bevel corners with the Chamfer tool. First, you will use the distance method.
Press CHA Enter to start the Chamfer command. Press M Enter to select the Multiple option as displayed in the Command Line. Press D Enter to select the Distance option.
You will enter two distances, a first chamfer distance, and a second chamfer distance. These will be the distances from the corner from which the Chamfer tool will cut for the bevels from the two edges of each corner.
When prompted for the first chamfer distance type .75 and press Enter. For the second chamfer distance, enter .125. The first edge you click on will use the first distance, and the second edge that you click on will use the second distance.
Zoom in on the far right rectangle that will be the head of the screwdriver. Click on the top and then the right side of the rectangle, and then click on the bottom and then the right side as shown below. Stay in the Chamfer command.
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While still in the Chamfer command, press D Enter again to change the distances. Enter .25 for the first chamfer distance, and .125 for the second chamfer distance. Click the top left edge of the screwdriver head first to apply the first distance, and then press the left edge second to apply the second distance. Then click on the bottom left edge to apply the first distance, and then click the left edge to apply the second distance, as shown below. Stay in the Chamfer command.
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The Angle option will allow you to specify an angle for the beveled edge. You will still need to specify a distance from the corner to start the angled cut for the bevel. Press A Enter to select the Angle option from the Command Line. When prompted to enter a chamfer length, enter a distance of 1. Enter a chamfer angle of 10˚. Zoom in on the second rectangle from the left. Click the top of the rectangle, and then click on the right side as shown below. The rectangle will be beveled 1 inch from the upper right corner at an angle of 10˚. Now click on the bottom of the rectangle and once again on the right side to complete the chamfer. Stay in the Chamfer command for the last step.
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For the handle of the screwdriver, the first rectangle on the left, will be beveled on all corners with the same distances. In the Command Line, you will see the Polyline option, just like the Fillet command. This option will allow you to chamfer all the corners of a polyline at once.
Press P Enter to select the Polyline option, and then press D Enter to change the distances. Enter a first distance of .125, and for the second distance press Enter to repeat the first distance of .125 in.
Click on the rectangle as shown below. All corners will be chamfered at once. Press Enter to end the Chamfer command.
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Use the Line tool and Object Snap to draw the remaining edges to complete the drawing as shown below.
Close and save the file.