Corner Relief Sheet Metal

In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief.

Corner relief sheet metal.

Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. 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. Mechanical engineering 3 081 views. Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs.

Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. Corner relief sheet metal solidworks 2016 duration. Select an item see the note below. Click insert sheet metal corner relief.

Creates a corner relief where three bends meet at one common point. In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014. Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto. The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines.

Type smreliefcreate in the command bar. Creates a corner relief where two bends meet. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked. Avt 206 a p p2 developing sheet metal flats.

Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. The model must have three bends where the bend lines meet. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.

Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.