Bend Relief In Sheet Metal

Bend relief synchronous sheet metal is pretty cool even cooler than just normal synchronous modeling if you ll excuse that word.

Bend relief in sheet metal.

Contribute to a stronger product. 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. To display the bend relief of a bend sheet metal shape. With the bend shape selected at the intellishape editing level click the handle toggle if necessary to switch to display of the bend relief tools.

Using the quad hover over a neighboring flange or bend or a face of the bend relief. To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend. Without bend relief the metal around a. A wide bend relief makes it easier for the manufacturer to position the sheet over the end of.

Lack of proper bend reliefs may cause tearing of the material due to localized stresses. Select the desired relief type in the sheet metal tab in the quad. If the select faces option of the selectionmodes. This article looks at two different tips associated with ensuring you have high quality sheet metal in finished products.

The default shape view is replaced by the relief view and editing tools. In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius. Are easier to manufacture. Improper bending of sheet metal can cause material flow problems in soft material and fracturing in hard materials.