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Solidworks sheet metal bend relief.
When making a bend in thicker sheet metal there will be a small bulge or displacement of material at the end of the bend.
Ratio to thickness option this option is straight forward.
Right click the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree and select edit feature.
When the option centered on bend lines is checked the center of the square and circular reliefs match the intersection of the bend lines fig.
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Solid edge has this feature.
We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange corner relief and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal.
3 for the obround relief the bend lines intersection meets at the center of the slot.
You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.
You can use the following corner treatment types.
I am using solidworks 2019.
The fixed face remains in place when the part is flattened.
To change the type of relief cut for all bends.
In the propertymanager under bend parameters.
You cannot edit relief cuts in sheet metal parts created in versions prior to solidworks 99.
Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief.
Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.
In the corner relief propertymanager under corner type select a two or three bend corner.
Under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.
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Click insert bends or click insert sheet metal bends.
Click insert sheet metal corner relief.
To open the corner relief propertymanager.
You can apply corner treatments to a folded sheet metal body that will persist in the flattened state.
Corner reliefs and bend transitions.
Do one of the following.
You can view how the corner treatment impacts the folded sheet metal body and how it carries over to the flat pattern.
Use the corner relief propertymanager to apply corner treatments to a folded sheet metal body that persist in the flattened state.
In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.
In the propertymanager under auto relief change the type of relief cut.
Select the fixed face on the model.
You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.
Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar.
Specifically i am bending 25 thick stainless to 90 degrees and the bulge at the of the bend is big enough that it needs to be ground off.
