A taper on one or both sides of a straight edge is a bevel. A taper down into a hole is a chamfer.
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Subject: Re: [TN] Chamfered PCB
I think it's gotten a little crossed up in what we're talking about.
There's the chamfer:
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And the chamfer:
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I've looked, but never seen a good definition that provides a distinction between the two. And what's a bevel? FWIW, I''ve always called the first a bevel, and the second a champfer.
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Victor Hernandez < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Why the need for chamfer?
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> Victor,
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> Subject: [TN] Chamfered PCB
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> I've got a request if a PCB can be chamfered. My initial inclination
> is yes, but I've never been asked.
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> What makes this difficult is the small size and one side in rounded.
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> PCB is 35.95mm long X 12.10mm wide (standard 1.57mm [0.062in] thick)
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> Chamfer would be 45 or 55 degrees all the way around, except the one
> width
> (12.1mm) side would be straight.
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> Shape is pcb is like this:
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