Sheet Metal Relief

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

Sheet metal relief.

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. Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. When sheet metal makes a transition from a bend to a flat surface or to another bend it tends to rip and tear.

Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model. 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. Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.

Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. In sheet metal a bend relief is an incision cut along the sides of a planned bend. Though bend relief lengths and widths vary between projects they all share a common goal. In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.

Lists corners to which you can apply corner relief. Type smreliefcreate in the command bar. To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend. When you apply a relief option to the selected corner the list shows the option applied.

Select an item see the note below. Lets you select the sheet metal body to which the corner relief is applied. Preventing tearing and part deformation during the bending process.