What's New: Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0 > Sheet Metal > New Types of Corner Reliefs
  
New Types of Corner Reliefs
New types of corner reliefs provide more geometrical solutions.
User Interface Location:
In the Shapes group click Flange > Relief and then select Corner Relief.
Click Flexible Modeling > Sheet Metal Objects > Edit Corner Relief.
Click Flexible Modeling > Sheet Metal Objects > Recognize Corner Reliefs.
Release: Creo Parametric 5.0.0.0
Watch a video that demonstrates this enhancement:
You can also watch this video on the PTC Learning Connector: New Types of Corner Reliefs
What is the benefit of this enhancement?
You have more control when creating or modifying corner reliefs. When defining a corner relief using Flange or modifying a corner relief with the Edit Corner Relief tool when working in Flexible Modeling, you can select additional shapes such as Normal and Square. For orientation of the shape, Bisector and Diagonal are added. The Origin options, Corner point and Bend lines intersection, help you to position the shape. The Orientation and Origin options are also available for other shapes such as Circular, Rectangular or Obround.
New shapes are available when creating or modifying corner reliefs:
Normal—Normal creates a cut from the corner and up to and normal to the bend end.
Square—Square creates a cut which is concentric with the relief anchor point reference and its section diagonal is parallel to the relief orientation reference.
See the Relief dialog box below for an example of new shape types:
Draggers are added to control the length, position, and offset value when defining a square–shaped corner relief.
Origin Options
Corner Point
Bend Lines
Orientation Options
Bisector
Direction is the bisector of the bend edges at the corner point.
Diagonal
Direction is defined by the intersection of the bend lines and the corner point.
The Edit Corner Relief tool gives you more flexibility to change corner reliefs in a sheet metal part in an intuitive and easy way, independent of how the corner relief was created.
In addition, the recognition of corner reliefs also includes the recognition of Orientation and Origin options independent of how the part was created. This also applies to parts created in another CAD system.
Additional Information
Tips:
In complex corner cases, when a normal shape is not possible, a V Notch relief is created instead.
Limitations:
None
Does this replace existing functionality?
This enhances the functionality for existing tools.
Configuration options associated with this functionality:
None