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Adding edge reliefs

The Relief tool identifies thickness edges at concave corners. Edges found can then have a cylindrical cutout made to provide relief at the corner.

Multiple pairs of thickness faces in the same body are included.

An example is shown below.

Internal thickness edges at concave corners.

By default, the tool identifies edges that are Interior to the part. The tool Options allow you to look for External edges as well. An example is shown below.

External thickness edge at a concave corner.

Edges that Do Not go all the way through the thickness of the part are filtered out of the tool. The example above shows this with the small pocket on the left side of the part.

The size and position of the reliefs placed on the edges can be controlled with the following options.

• Cut Radius: Controls the size of the relief.
• Clearance: Controls the position of the reliefs by specifying how far the edge of the relief is from the original edge.

An example is shown below with a solid block inserted into the cutout. The corners of the block represent the locations of the original edges.

Beginning at the upper left corner and moving clockwise through the four corners the settings are:

1. Radius = 1 mm; Clearance = Default
2. Radius = 1 mm; Clearance = 0 mm
3. Radius = 1 mm; Clearance = 1.5 mm
4. Radius = 1 mm; Clearance = 1 mm

To create reliefs

1. Open the Insert tab.

2. Click Relief in the Manufacturing group.
3. If you want to find external edge,s make sure that the Include external corners option is checked.
4. All thickness edges in concave corners are found and highlighted.
5. click the Exclude Problem tool guide and click on any edges that you do not want to have relief.
6. In Fix Options, set a Cut Radius and Clearance for the reliefs.
7. Click Complete to create the reliefs.