Corner Relief Sheet Metal

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Corner relief sheet metal.

Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu. Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines. In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014.

The model must have three bends where the bend lines meet. Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab. Click insert sheet metal corner relief. However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools.

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. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. Creates a corner relief where three bends meet at one common point. 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. Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model.

Type smreliefcreate in the command bar. In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked.

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