Corner Relief In Sheet Metal

Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto.

Corner relief in sheet metal. Creates a corner relief where three bends meet at one common point. Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles.

To get a corner relief you ve got to have a corner. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked. We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange corner relief and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal. However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools.

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. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Creates a corner relief where two bends meet.

Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs. In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014. Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model. Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.

Select an item see the note below. Type smreliefcreate in the command bar. The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines. Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.

In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. Click insert sheet metal corner relief. Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material.

Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.