How to round a inset face?

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Hey, i am looking for the best way to round the corners on the selected faces,

the faces have been inset by pressing “I” twice. i am fairly new to blender so any advice is appreciated :slight_smile:

Both images are attached, where i am currently, and what i am trying to achieve.

Thanks,
Luke

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Maybe there’s an easy solution without addons, but it shows there’s a lack of fillet function in Blender, something i hope the devs will include one day (or at least as a setting of the vertice bevel function).

But you can try this, assuming you’re using a buildbot or 2.72 RC as the required addon is only in contrib addon that do not come with so called “stable” releases (if not you can download a buildbot version here or 2.72rc here ) , go to file -> user prefs -> addons and in the “Testing” category, enable Mesh : Extra Tools.

Now back in Edit Mode you have your mesh setup like that without inset :
http://i.imgur.com/nign5KL.jpg

In the toolshelf, click on the Mesh Extra tools “Face Inset Fillet”
http://i.imgur.com/okKd9jn.jpg

Press F6 (or look in the operator panel, bottom of toolshelf) and tweak the settings until you’re satisfied
http://i.imgur.com/lHvbqAe.jpg

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Thank you Sanctuary, I didn’t know that addon!
And, as your usual, very clear and detailed suggestions.

paolo

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Thanks for the great answer Sanctuary!
i was using v2.71 but upgrade to the RC 2.7.2 to try out this addon and it is a great help. Exactly what i was looking for, i can see this begin a very useful tool!

thanks again!