chamfer - the chamfer command will chamfer the intersection of two lines to a

specified distance. this is best shown with the example below:

the rectangle on the left is 50mmx50mm. the rectangle on the right has been
chamfered by a distance of 5mm.
1) draw a rectangle using the line command (not rectangle - we will see later) at a
size of 50mm x 50mm.
2) select the chamfer button
3) we are going to chamfer the 50x50 rectangle by a distance of 5mm (as seen
above). enter d for distance then hit return.
4) autocad asks for the first chamfer distance. enter 5 then enter.
5) autocad then asks for the second chamfer distance. in this case we are using the
same chamfer distance, although autocad can draw a chamfer with two separate
distances. as we want the same distance, input 5 then enter.
we now need to select the two lines to chamfer. this would be the two intersecting
lines we wish to chamfer.
6) select the first line to chamfer then enter.
7) select the second line then enter.
the two line segments should be chamfered similar to the diagram shown above.
repeat this procedure to chamfer the remaining 3 corners.
you may have wondered why we drew the rectangle using the line command instead
of the much quicker rectangle command. this is because the rectangle command
draws the rectangle in the same manner as a polyline. we can't select the individual
lines forming the rectangle, so we can't select the separate lines we wanted to
chamfer. there is however a way to chamfer two polyine segments:
1) draw a rectangle with dimensions 50x50.
2) select the chamfer button , and this time enter p for polyline.
3) autocad asks for a 2d polyline, select the rectangle we drew.
autocad automatically chamfers each intersecting line segment of the polyline to the
last specified chamfer distance used (which should be 5mm as specified in the first
part of the chamfer tutorial).
to change the chamfer distance simply select the chamfer button, specify distance,
enter the chamfer distance, when prompted to select an object simply hit return until
out of the chamfer command. your new chamfer distance will now be set.
handy tip: to join the ends of two separate lines, use the chamfer command
with a distance of 0!

fillet - the fillet command is very similar to the chamfer command above, except
instead of creating a straight line chamfer, autocad creates a radius between the two
points.

the rectangle on the left is 50mmx50mm. the rectangle on the right has been filleted
by a radius of 5mm.
the command works exactly the same as the chamfer command, except we must
specify a radius rather than a distance. we'll go through the process just incase
you're unsure:
1) draw a rectangle using the line command, with a size of 50x50.
2) select the fillet button
3) we will specify a radius, so enter r for radius
4) autocad asks for the fillet radius, enter 5 then hit enter
the fillet radius is now set.
5) select the first line segment to fillet then hit enter
6) select the second line segment to fillet then hit enter
the two lines will have been filleted with a radius of 5 as we specified. repeat the
procedure to fillet the remaining 3 corners.
as with the chamfer lesson above, we can apply the fillet command to a polyline
which will fillet all intersecting lines. while using the fillet command be careful not to
specify a radius too large.