Hello all,
I am new to using Solidworks and was working on a part that is like the "Miter Flange Problem" in the zip file. We made the piece and the bending on the corner marked in red in the "Figure A.PNG" was off because the material extruded and the corners ended up touching.
I was wondering if there was a tool or a method or an alternative way to make this part so that I could make a relief where the bend is. In the end, I manually cut out a relief after unfolding it and checked it again after refolding it with the relief cuts. I was just wondering if I could do it a better, easier way.
Thank you for your help.
Brandon,,, I believe if you turn off "Simplify Bends" you will get what you need in order to prevent the corners from crashing.
Screenshot with simplify bends on.
Screenshot with simplify bends off.
Of course this is ok if you are going to laser or waterjet. Some modification might be required in the flat for punching.
You currently have Simplify Bends on and also Corner treatment checked. If you uncheck corner treatment you will get something like this.
You can see from the first screenshot that there is going to be a problem. That gets a bunch of people in trouble. There are only a few instances where you would want Corner treatment on. Right Click on Flat-Pattern1 to get these options.