Corner Relief In Sheet Metal

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Corner relief in sheet metal.

Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto. A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles. In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014. Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.

You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. For example if you make a partial flange as above using all the defaults the software makes relief cuts at the end of the bends as shown to the right. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material. Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured.

When sheet metal makes a transition from a bend to a flat surface or to another bend it tends to rip and tear. To get a corner relief you ve got to have a corner. Click insert sheet metal corner relief. The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines.

In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.

Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes. Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model. Type smreliefcreate in the command bar. Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs.

However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools. In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. The model must have three bends where the bend lines meet. In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.

Creates a corner relief where three bends meet at one common point. Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.