Sheet Metal Relief Solidworks

Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab.

Sheet metal relief solidworks.

Click insert sheet metal corner relief. In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. Under sheet metal parameters. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body.

Under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. To open the corner relief propertymanager. You cannot edit relief cuts in sheet metal parts created in versions prior to solidworks 99. Solidworks sheet metal corner relief solidworks sheet metal corner treatment in this solidworks sheet metal corner relief tutorial we are going to learn how to make sheet metal part using corner.

Right click the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree and select edit feature. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. Do one of the following.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. How sheet metal corner reliefs are applied to the body in december 2013 we showed the new types of corner reliefs that were added with solidworks 2014.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. In the propertymanager under auto relief change the type of relief cut. This same tool can be used to make a flat piece of sheet metal that one would use to add edge flanges and other useful sheet metal features. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.

Let s see how this works solidworks sheet metal tutorial. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. To change the type of relief cut for all bends.

In the corner relief propertymanager under corner type select a two or three bend corner. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part.