Override sheet metal style settings for corner shape and relief.
Sheet metal corner relief.
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Do one of the following.
Select a hard edge bend face flange face or 3d solid entire model.
In december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014.
Sheet metal fabrication is the process of forming parts from a metal sheet by punching cutting stamping and bending.
Enter relief size by bend radius ratio or force bend reliefs.
Lists corners to which you can apply corner relief.
Select an item see the note below.
Synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.
You can also specify the relief size and whether to apply auto mitering.
When you select a corner in the corners section the faces that define the corner are shown in the define corner section and the corner is highlighted in the graphics area.
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.
Type smreliefcreate in the command bar.
At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked.
Choose create relief in the sheet metal menu.
Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.
In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief.
However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools.
You can specify the corner relief shape for a 2 or 3 bend corner.
The corner tab lets you override default parameters in the sheet metal styles dialog box.
When you apply a relief option to the selected corner the list shows the option applied.
If you list multiple corners you can specify multiple corner relief treatments.
We will learn sheet metal basic features like base flange edge flange corner relief and extruded cut in solidworks sheet metal.
Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs.
