Relief In Sheet Metal

Do one of the following.

Relief in sheet metal.

Select an item see the note below. Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab. When you select a corner it is highlighted in the graphics area. 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. The flange which does not have relief will result in a greater amount of distortion or tearing of the adjacent material. Grain structure in the metal sheet is critical for avoiding cracks in sheet metal parts with lugs or tabs that are cut on. As per sheet metal design thumb rules the depth of bend relief should be greater than or equal to the inside bend radius of the bend and the width of the bend relief should be the same as the sheet metal thickness or more.

Bend relief and collars near pierced areas strengthen sheet metal parts. When designing parts for laser cutting one should not make holes smaller than the thickness of the material. Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes. Type smreliefcreate in the command bar.

Lets you select the sheet metal body to which the corner relief is applied. In sheet metal a bend relief is an incision cut along the sides of a planned bend. Preventing tearing and part deformation during the bending process. Bend reliefs in 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. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.

When sheet metal makes a transition from a bend to a flat surface or to another bend it tends to rip and tear. When you apply a relief option to the selected corner the list shows the option applied. Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured. Sheet metal related searches.

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. A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles. 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.