How can I round up a single edge of a plane?

Question

I hope the pictures help to understand the question.

I'm using Blender v.2.78

CGEffex · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-18T14:01:30.040

3

This can be accomplished with the Edge Fillet Plus utility in the Edit Tools 2 addon. First, enable this addon in user preferences.

Then use the W menu in Edit Mode with the two edges selected:

This process converts the face to an N-Gon. To fill this shape, Alt + Right Click the line to loop select as shown above and hit F to fill the area.

edited Apr 18 '17 at 14:01

answered Apr 18 '17 at 13:53

CGEffex

950
5
12

2

You should also be aware when using N-Gon's https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/89/when-should-n-gons-be-used-and-when-shouldnt-they – Dontwalk Apr 18 '17 at 14:09
can you provide a link to the addon? – Alexander Hein Apr 18 '17 at 14:54
@AlexanderHein The addon should be in Blender by default, but you can read more about it on the blender wiki: https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Modeling/Extra_Tools – CGEffex Apr 18 '17 at 16:08

Mentalist · Answer 2 · 2017-04-20T02:02:30.593

A fairly simple way to create rounded corners

No add-ons required. Uses quad topology.

Loop Cut to create holding edges CtrlR
Select and Delete the corner vertex X
Select the vertex that will be at the center for the Spin radius
Snap Cursor to Selection ShiftS
Select the outermost vert and Spin it (Viewport orientation matters, look straight-on)
Adjust the Spin parameters (I used 6 steps at a 90° angle) in the Operator Panel
Switch to Edge Selection
Select the two non-touching edges and Fill F to make each face.

In some cases you may then also want to Inset I all your planar geometry:

...such as in situations where you plan to SubSurf:

great. thanks very much, i've been looking for clean quad based topology like this. — irwan, Sep 02 '19 at 13:07

How can I round up a single edge of a plane?

2 Answers2

A fairly simple way to create rounded corners