To start the chamfer edge command, you can type the command name, CHAMFEREDGE, or just type CHAMFERE and then press Enter. Alternatively, you can click on the Chamfer Edge button found in the Edit panel on the Home tab in the 3D Basics workspace, as shown in the following screenshot:

If you are using the 3D Modeling workspace, you will find the Chamfer Edge button in the Solid Editing panel on the Solid tab.

To chamfer a sharp edge of a 3D solid body using the chamfer edge command, perform the following steps:

1. Start the chamfer edge command.
2. Click on the desired edge(s) on a 3D solid body and press Enter to terminate the edge selection stage. Notice that a preview of the chamfer will be displayed.
3. You will be prompted to specify the chamfer distance. Type the chamfer distance value and press Enter, or just press Enter if you don't want to change the current chamfer distance.
4. Once you type the distance and press Enter, the chamfer will be created and the command terminates.

The following diagram is an illustration of the previous steps:

The chamfer edge command has a number of options that appear in the command bar right after you start the command. There are two options, as shown in the following diagram:

The first option is called Loop. This can be activated by clicking on the option name in the command bar, or you can just type L and press Enter. By default, if you are going to select multiple edges, you must do so one by one. With the loop option activated, you can select the closed loops containing the edge you select with just one click.

This option works exactly like the Loop option in the FILLETEDGE command. For more details, please refer to the FILLETEDGE section of this chapter

The last option is called Distance. To activate it, click on the option name in the command bar, or you can just type D and then press Enter. This option allows you to change the chamfer distance.

This brings us to the end of this section, where we have learned how to modify the sharp edges of solid bodies using edge chamfer and fillet commands.