Relief Defaults

Bend Relief: These values are the defaults used when you create a bend.

Type

Choose Square, Rounded, or Rip from the menu.

  • To use a different Relief for an individual bend, choose a Type from the Edge Relief menu in the ribbon.
  • To change the Type after a bend is created, select the Relief and change the type in the Options panel.
Width and Depth

Use:

  • Thickness ratio to change the relief width and depth based on the thickness of the wall.
  • Value to specify the exact width and depth of the bend relief.

In the images below, A is the width and B is the depth of the bend relief.

Square relief

Rounded relief

Corner relief: These values are the defaults used when you create a corner.

Type

Choose one of the relief Types from the dropdown menu. Each Type has settings as follows:

  • Smooth - Diameter
  • Square - Width
  • Circular - Diameter
  • Triangular - Width and Height
  • Rectangular - Width and Height
  • Oblong - Diameter
  • Diagonal - Width
  • Laser Edge - Diameter
  • Laser Symmetric - Diameter
Depth

Use:

  • Thickness ratio to change the relief width and depth based on the thickness of the wall.

  • Value to specify the exact width and depth of the bend relief.

In the image below, D is the Corner Relief depth.