SheetMetal AddRelief
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Menu location |
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SheetMetal → Make Relief |
Workbenches |
SheetMetal |
Default shortcut |
S R |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
None |
Description
The Make Relief command starts the first of three steps to convert a shell object made with tools of the Part or PartDesign workbench into an unfoldable SheetMetal object.
All edges where faces meet need to be separate; that's why the corners have to be cut off.
These cut-offs resemble corner reliefs, thus the naming Make Relief.
Create relief for sheet metal bend
Usage
First step to convert a hollow cuboid (shell object) into an unfoldable SheetMetal object:
- Cut off the corners
- Select one or more corner vertex(es)
- Activate the
Make Relief command using the:
Make Relief button
- SheetMetal →
Make Relief drop down menu
- keyboard shortcut: S then R
Notes
The tools Make Relief,
Make Junction, and
Make Bend work best with hollow cuboids i.e. shell objects having a constant thickness and all angles between their faces are 90°.
Shell objects can be created with tools from the Part
or
PartDesign workbenches.
A cuboid can be created with following Part tools:
Part Cube
Part Extrude from either:
- a
Draft Rectangle
- a
Draft Wire
- a
Sketch
- a
- Use
Part Thickness to create a shell object from the cuboid (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal.)
Or with their PartDesign equivalents within a PartDesign Body:
Additive Box
PartDesign Pad from a
Sketch.
- Use
PartDesign Thickness to create the shell object (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal.)
Properties
See also: Property editor.
A SheetMetal Relief object is derived from a Part Feature object and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties and its label has a default value:
Data
Base
- DataLabel (
String
): Default value:Relief
(+ a sequential number for second and following items).
The user editable name of this object, it may be any arbitrary UTF8 string. - Data (hidden)Base Feature (
Link
): Base Feature. Link to the parent feature. - Data (hidden)_Body (
LinkHidden
): Hidden link to the parent body.
Parameters
- Database Object (
LinkSub
): "Base Object". Links to the corner vertexes defining relief positions. - Datarelief (
Length
): "Relief Size". Default:2,00 mm
.