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Filleting, scalloping, and chamfering corners of curve objects
You can fillet, scallop, or chamfer the corners of any curve object, whether it originates from a shape, lines, text, or a bitmap. Filleting
produces a rounded corner, scalloping rounds and inverts the corner to create a notch, and chamfering bevels a corner so that it appears
flat. Corel DESIGNER also lets you preview the corners before you apply the changes to them. For information about modifying the corners
of squares and rectangles, see “Drawing rectangles and squares” on page 157.
The cabinet doors have different styles applied to the corners. From left to right you
can see standard corners, filleted corners, scalloped corners, and chamfered corners.
When you fillet, scallop, or chamfer non-curve shapes, they are automatically converted to curves. Text objects must be converted to curves
manually by using the Convert to curves command. Changes apply to all corners unless you select individual nodes. You cannot fillet,
scallop, or chamfer a smooth or symmetrical curve; the corner must be created by two lines that intersect at an angle of less than 180
degrees.
If a fillet, scallop, or chamfer value is too high, the operation is not applied to some or all of the corners. This occurs when line segments
aren’t long enough to apply the radius or chamfer distance. Even if the line segments appear long enough at the beginning of the
operation, you must consider that the line segments shorten as the radius or chamfer values are applied across the object.
In the example above, the circles represent fillet radius settings. The upper lines show the proposed fillets on
the left and the successful results on the right. The lower lines also show the proposed fillets on the left, but
the results on the right show that not all corners are filleted. After the first fillet is applied, the next corner can’t
be filleted because the line segment isn’t long enough. This corner is skipped, and the final corner is filleted.
To round object corners by filleting
1 Do one of the following:
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Select a curve object using the Pick tool .