Relief Cut Sheet Metal

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 cut sheet metal.

The width of the relief should be the material thickness or greater. Relief cuts help parts avoid overhangs and tearing at bends. 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.

Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. Bend relief synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word. If you select rectangular or obround specify the relief ratio. 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.

Sheet metal fabrication is the process of forming parts from a metal sheet by punching cutting stamping and bending. 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. The width of the relief should be a material thickness or greater preferably a material thickness 1 64. If it is ok for the metal to rip the minimum bend relief is zero.

One benefit of a bend relief is that it makes the part easier to produce. Bend relief and collars near pierced areas strengthen sheet metal parts. In the propertymanager under auto relief change the type of relief cut. To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend.

Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. 4 forming near holes when a bend is made too close to a hole the hole may become deformed.

Bend 1 shows a a tear relief. Grain structure in the metal sheet is critical for avoiding cracks in sheet metal parts with lugs or tabs that are cut on.