A chamfer is a line segment that is drawn between two elements. The elements are normally two lines. The two lines can either intersect or not intersect. Also the two elements can be two points or a point and a line.
When the elements are lines that intersect, the chamfer is drawn between two points that are given distances from the intersection. The given distances are called Trim Values.
You can select two lines and draw a chamfer immediately or you can select a menu item.
Change Chamfer
SURFCAM displays the Chamfer dialog box for you to enter the First and Second Trim Values.
Trim
You can trim the lines that are connected to the chamfer.
0 Neither of the lines is trimmed.
1 The line that was first selected is trimmed to the chamfer. The other line is not trimmed.
2 Both lines are trimmed to the chamfer.
Chain
The Chain command can create many chamfers at one time along a contour that is made of a number of lines. Click the Chain command to display the Select Chain menu.
Chain the contour from one point to another point. After you click the Done button, a chamfer is created between each pair of lines along the contour that was chained. Each line is trimmed. The Trim 0 and Trim 1 buttons have no control over the trim.
After you create a chamfer, Other and Undo appear.
Other
Click Other to display the other possible chamfers.
Undo
Click Undo to delete the chamfer you created and return to the normal Chamfer menu.