You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.
Corner relief in sheet metal.
When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material.
In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief.
A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles.
When sheet metal makes a transition from a bend to a flat surface or to another bend it tends to rip and tear.
However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools.
To get a corner relief you ve got to have a corner.
At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked.
Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes.
In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.
Creates a corner relief where two bends meet.
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.
Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.
Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model.
Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured.
In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.
Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief.
To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend.
The corner relief is applied at the common intersection point of the bend lines.
Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs auto.
Click insert sheet metal corner relief.
The model must have three bends where the bend lines meet.
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.
Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs.
Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab.
Select an item see the note below.
