Bend Relief In Sheet Metal

However parts that use bend relief when appropriate come with other benefits including that they.

Bend relief in sheet metal. One benefit of a bend relief is that it makes the part easier to produce. 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. Are easier to manufacture. Select the desired relief type in the sheet metal tab in the quad.

Lack of proper bend reliefs may cause tearing of the material due to localized stresses. A wide bend relief makes it easier for the manufacturer to position the sheet over the end of. In general a minimum bend relief is equal to the material thickness plus the inside bend radius. This article looks at two different tips associated with ensuring you have high quality sheet metal in finished products.

If the select faces option of the selectionmodes. Using the quad hover over a neighboring flange or bend or a face of the bend relief. The default shape view is replaced by the relief view and editing tools. Without bend relief the metal around a.

To eliminate this a bend relief is added so the edge of the sheet metal is perpendicular to the bend. 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. Improper bending of sheet metal can cause material flow problems in soft material and fracturing in hard materials.