Solidworks Strain Relief Sheet Metal

Under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.

Solidworks strain relief sheet metal.

Can adjust the flat pattern by. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Sheet metal functionality within solidworks provides designers with powerful tools to create accurate formable models of their designs. Under sheet metal parameters.

Select a face as the fixed face for the sheet metal part. If i have a 30mm gap and i want a flange tab with a relief of 1mm my flange should be 28mm leaving 1mm each side of the flange. You can add a corner relief to a single sheet metal body. Set the sheet thickness and default bend radius.

Welcome to solidworks simulation help. Solidworks welcomes your feedback concerning the presentation accuracy and thoroughness of the documentation. Lets you select the sheet metal body to which the corner relief is applied. In the corner relief propertymanager under scope select the sheet metal body to which to apply the corner relief.

Strain is the ratio of change in length δl to the original length l. When you select a corner it is highlighted in the graphics area. When cleared the body is consumed by the convert to sheet metal feature. K factor most of these factors vary from shop to shop and equipment to equipment so normally each shop sets up their own sheet metal calculations.

Solidworks 2019 sp05 to disable web help from within solidworks and use local help instead click help use solidworks web help. In real life manufacturing you cannot cut anything without losing some material. Solidworks keeps the bend thickness consistant with the sheet metal gage. Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body.

Under corners click collect all corners to list all corners in the sheet metal body. A bent sheet metal part is created whose dimensions in the flattened state reflect the specified bend allowance and radius values. Lists corners to which you can apply corner relief. The distance d represents the width of the rectangular or obround relief cut and the depth by which the side of the rectangular or obround relief cut extends past the bend region.

The distance d is determined by the following equation. Accessing and using help. However a common point of confusion when using sheet metal functions is the difference between the auto relief and corner treatment tools. Select keep body if you want to keep the solid body to use in another convert to sheet metal feature.

The options and values you specify for bend radius bend allowance and auto relief are shown as the default settings for the next new sheet metal part that you create. Strain is a dimensionless quantity. Click corner relief sheet metal toolbar or insert sheet metal corner relief. The relief gap should be across the full length of the flange.