However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools.
Corner relief in sheet metal.
Select an item see the note below.
Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.
In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief.
Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief.
In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.
When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material.
To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend.
To get a corner relief you ve got to have a corner.
Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.
Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs.
Creates a corner relief where two bends meet.
Click insert sheet metal corner relief.
Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab.
At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked.
You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.
Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model.
Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.
The model must have three bends where the bend lines meet.
The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines.
Creates a corner relief where three bends meet at one common point.
Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured.
In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.
In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014.
Type smreliefcreate in the command bar.
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.
Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto.
