Making things that fit togetherLesson 4 of 16
Corner relief (dogbone)
Let a square tab seat all the way into a square pocket.
1
Start with a pocket whose inside corners are square, which a round beam cannot cut.
2
A round relief is cut into each inside corner.
3
The tab drops right to the bottom of the pocket and sits flat.
Every setting
7What each number in the dialog means, and where it starts.
Panel width
Panel width in millimetres
Panel height
Panel height in millimetres
Notch width
Notch width in millimetres (the tab's width)
Notch depth
Notch depth in millimetres (the tab's thickness)
Relief size
Relief radius in millimetres
X
Panel left edge (mm)
Y
Panel top edge (mm)
What it is
A panel with a notch whose inside corners get a small round relief pocket, so a square tab seats fully. Useful for acrylic and slots a peg pushes into.
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