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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Relief overview</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Relief Overview</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/smrelief_dialog.html');return(false);">Options</a></p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('sheetmetaldes/build_multi_parts.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Use the <b class="uiTerm">Relief</b> to create a fully associative <b class="uiTerm">Circular</b>, <b class="uiTerm">U</b>, <b class="uiTerm">V</b>, or <b class="uiTerm">Routed Relief</b> feature between bend areas. This feature is designed to work with flanges, bends, profile flanges, general flanges, corners, and it can also be applied to any planar geometry. 
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      <p class="para_topic">Internally, the <b class="uiTerm">Relief</b> feature is composed of several hidden cutout features.
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      <p class="para_topic">You can access the <b class="uiTerm">Relief</b> dialog box from <b class="uiTerm">Modeling&rarr;Insert&rarr;Sheet Metal Feature&rarr;Sheet Metal Relief</b> or from the <b class="uiTerm">Sheet Metal Feature</b> . To edit a Relief, use <b class="uiTerm">Modeling&rarr;Edit&rarr;Feature&rarr;Parameters</b>, or the <b class="uiTerm">Edit Feature Parameters</b> , or <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator&rarr;Edit Parameters</b>. To <b class="uiTerm">Edit with Rollback</b> a sheet metal <b class="uiTerm">Relief</b>, use <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator&rarr;Edit with Rollback</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">Bend Tangent Lines</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are lines that represent the unformed ends of the bend area.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the line parallel to the bend tangent lines and positioned with equal distance between them.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Bend Lines</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are the inner bend tangent lines or bend center lines (linear edges or linear curves). The intersection of bend lines defines the point for offsetting the center circle. The bisector of the angle between bend lines defines offset vector for the center of this circle.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Planar Placement Face</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This planar face defines the plane in which the relief is created. If two edges are selected for bend lines, this face will be inferred.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">First and Second Bend Tangent Lines</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are the outer bend tangent lines (linear edges) that are used for the V relief construction with the offset option,</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are the outer corners adjacent to the relief. Each corner is defined by two intersecting edges. The <b class="uiTerm">Routed Relief</b> rounds the corner to the specified <b class="uiTerm">Radius 1</b> or <b class="uiTerm">Radius 2</b>.
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               <p class="para_td">Center Radius</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the radius of the center circle that defines the relief between two adjacent bend areas.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Center Offset</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The distance between the intersection of the bend lines and the center point of the center circle.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Tangent Offset</p>
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               <p class="para_td">The distance between the intersection of the bend lines and the closest point on the center circle.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Cycle Direction</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This button will change the direction for the venter offset vector.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Radius 1</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the radius used to blend the first corner.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Radius 2</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the radius used to blend the second corner.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Offset 1</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is a distance from the first bend tangent line for V relief construction.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is a distance from the Second Bend Tangent Line for V relief construction.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">This is the bisector line of the angle between the bend lines.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">These are two positive values that define the angle of the first or the second leg of V relief, measured from the relief line.</p>
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