# How can I only chamfer selected edges?

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [June 9, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364 "2024-06-09T16:50:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/1 "2024-06-09T16:50:07Z")

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I’m sure this used to work fine in the past, but when I go to chamfer it does the circumference of the entire model, instead of just the edge I’ve selected. In the example I’m working on here, I only want the 3 highlighted edges to be chamfered, yet just selecting one edge will chamfer around the entire model. I was looking for some sort of setting similar to the offset tool where you can choose single or loop, but there’s nothing.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/2 "2024-06-09T16:55:57Z")

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Make a construction plane (at a point perp to a line) for each edge you want to chamfer, draw a triangle and sweep it on that line segment. Repeat for each segment you want Chamfered.  
Kludgy but it will work.

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/3 "2024-06-09T17:04:51Z")

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Damn, that’s fairly involved for something that should be relatively simple? No idea why there’s no loop/single toggle. They already solved that with offset edges.

_puts hand up for feature request_ 🤣

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/4 "2024-06-09T18:09:31Z")

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Well you could duplicate the body, hide it, cut the first body where you don’t want fillets and then merge the 2 bodies 🤣

Someone else might know a better way. I’m still on my first cup and groggy.

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/5 "2024-06-09T22:18:15Z")

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Hi

Select the edges you want to chamfer, and chamfer as you did.  
Then open history tab and expand the chamfer step. There is a toggle switch named **include tangent edges** , just switch it off and it should do the job.

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**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/6 "2024-06-10T01:07:30Z")

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Be nice if that were a selection on the Chamfer/Fillet tool.  
Chamfer/Fillet

- Auto
- Select edges
- Tangent edge
- 2-distance

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**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/7 "2024-06-10T09:55:49Z")

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You know what’s mad? I’m pretty sure in the non-Pro version it will only chamfer one edge at a time, either that or it did in the old days. Seems odd not to have a simple feature like that

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**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-only-chamfer-selected-edges/32364/8 "2024-06-10T09:58:15Z")

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Oh, looks like we have a solution! What a beauty. Thanks so much