Preventing tearing and part deformation during the bending process.
Relief in sheet metal.
Select an item see the note below.
Grain structure in the metal sheet is critical for avoiding cracks in sheet metal parts with lugs or tabs that are cut on.
In sheet metal a bend relief is an incision cut along the sides of a planned bend.
Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model.
You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.
A 1 degree tolerance on all bend angles.
Lists corners to which you can apply corner relief.
In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.
Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.
Bend relief and collars near pierced areas strengthen sheet metal parts.
Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.
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 related searches.
Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief.
Lets you select the sheet metal body to which the corner relief is applied.
In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius.
Bends in sheet metal are manufactured using sheet metal brakes.
To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend.
When you select a corner it is highlighted in the graphics area.
Bend reliefs in sheet metal.
The flange which does not have relief will result in a greater amount of distortion or tearing of the adjacent material.
When you apply a relief option to the selected corner the list shows the option applied.
Click the create relief tool button on the sheet metal ribbon tab.
Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.
Sheet metal parts with a minimum of 0 9mm to 20mm in thickness can be manufactured.
When sheet metal makes a transition from a bend to a flat surface or to another bend it tends to rip and tear.
Type smreliefcreate in the command bar.
Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs.
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.
