Relief Cut Sheet Metal

If it is ok for the metal to rip the minimum bend relief is zero.

Relief cut sheet metal.

In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius. Right click the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree and select edit feature. Bend 2 shows a rectangular relief cut into the part the depth of the relief should be greater than the radius of the bend. Relief cuts help parts avoid overhangs and tearing at bends.

Bend relief and collars near pierced areas strengthen sheet metal parts. 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. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Sheet metal fabrication is the process of forming parts from a metal sheet by punching cutting stamping and bending.

The width of the relief should be the material thickness or greater. Figure c shows a bend relief cut into the part again the depth of the relief should be greater than the radius of the bend. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. Bend 1 shows a a tear relief.

Bend relief synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. To change the type of relief cut for all bends. One benefit of a bend relief is that it makes the part easier to produce. The width of the relief should be a material thickness or greater preferably a material thickness 1 64.

Grain structure in the metal sheet is critical for avoiding cracks in sheet metal parts with lugs or tabs that are cut on. 4 forming near holes when a bend is made too close to a hole the hole may become deformed. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend.

If you select rectangular or obround specify the relief ratio. In the propertymanager under auto relief change the type of relief cut.