Sheet Metal Relief Solidworks

You cannot edit relief cuts in sheet metal parts created in versions prior to solidworks 99.

Sheet metal relief solidworks.

Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. 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. To change the type of relief cut for all bends.

Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature. 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. In the corner relief propertymanager under corner type select a two or three bend corner. Right click the sheet metal feature in the featuremanager design tree and select edit feature.

You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. In this article we are going to explore how the feature is applied to the part to create the appropriate relief. Let s see how this works solidworks sheet metal tutorial. The sheet metal tool allows you to quickly create sheet metal part designs using a simple design process all helping to save time and development costs.

Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius. 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.

Click insert sheet metal corner relief. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Use the corner relief propertymanager to apply corner treatments to a folded sheet metal body that persist in the flattened state. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.

At the time we only explained how these reliefs worked. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief. Options in basic sheet metal base flange tab. Do one of the following.

When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. To open the corner relief propertymanager. Edge flange see figure 3 can be used to add an attached wall to any sheet metal body. Under sheet metal parameters.