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Step 2Specified Angle Miter or Bevel
Starting with the Part to be Mitered or Beveled, select the 3D Edge Chamfer Tool.
Select the Edge(s) that will be Mitered, set the Chamfer Type to Distance-Distance, and both Distance fields to the Thick parameter. Uncheck the Tangent Propagate box, and Change the Chamfer Edge dialog label to something informative to describe the Miter.
In order to use the length of the opposite side of triangle to specify the angle, we need to use Trigonometry to specify a formula. No need to agonize over long forgotten math knowledge as the Alibre Users Guide provides the required information. We just need to multiply the Thickness parameter in one distance field by TAN( angle * pi/180), where the angle is in degrees. The pi/180 is required in order to convert the angle specified in degrees to radians so that the tangent equation function has the proper units on which to operate. The angle input has to be a value as we have not had any luck at using another parameter to specify the angle.
The only other consideration is to which Distance field should this trigonometry be added to the thickness value. It is very easy in that if the front corner has been selected, add it to the Bottom (or Front) distance field. If the back corner has been selected for the miter, add it to the Top (or Back) distance field. Just think of the bottom of the Monitor as the Front, which is also the case when working with edgebanding definitions in cutlist software.
If working with other edges and you are unsure which field to place the formula, just place it in one field and if the miter is not correct, then place it in the other distance field instead.
Select the OK button, and you have created a Miter with a user specified angle.
You can Miter more than one edge at a time, and create a miter on both ends with a single command. If you want to be able to suppress miters individually, then you will want to create each miter, or set of miters, with multiple selections of the Chamfer function.
We recommend that you use the Edit Equation Button after the distance values in order to label the Miter Distance parameters. In this case, something such as RightFrontMiter_Distance1 and RightFrontMiter_Distance2 for the parameter name. We also use “Face” and “End” in place of Distance1&2, as it is the FACE distance that contains the trigonometry formula.
Select the Edge(s) that will be Mitered, set the Chamfer Type to Distance-Distance, and both Distance fields to the Thick parameter. Uncheck the Tangent Propagate box, and Change the Chamfer Edge dialog label to something informative to describe the Miter.
In order to use the length of the opposite side of triangle to specify the angle, we need to use Trigonometry to specify a formula. No need to agonize over long forgotten math knowledge as the Alibre Users Guide provides the required information. We just need to multiply the Thickness parameter in one distance field by TAN( angle * pi/180), where the angle is in degrees. The pi/180 is required in order to convert the angle specified in degrees to radians so that the tangent equation function has the proper units on which to operate. The angle input has to be a value as we have not had any luck at using another parameter to specify the angle.
The only other consideration is to which Distance field should this trigonometry be added to the thickness value. It is very easy in that if the front corner has been selected, add it to the Bottom (or Front) distance field. If the back corner has been selected for the miter, add it to the Top (or Back) distance field. Just think of the bottom of the Monitor as the Front, which is also the case when working with edgebanding definitions in cutlist software.
If working with other edges and you are unsure which field to place the formula, just place it in one field and if the miter is not correct, then place it in the other distance field instead.
Select the OK button, and you have created a Miter with a user specified angle.
You can Miter more than one edge at a time, and create a miter on both ends with a single command. If you want to be able to suppress miters individually, then you will want to create each miter, or set of miters, with multiple selections of the Chamfer function.
We recommend that you use the Edit Equation Button after the distance values in order to label the Miter Distance parameters. In this case, something such as RightFrontMiter_Distance1 and RightFrontMiter_Distance2 for the parameter name. We also use “Face” and “End” in place of Distance1&2, as it is the FACE distance that contains the trigonometry formula.
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