appearance of cosmetic thread on hole

[snufflufikist]

Hello mcadcentraliites,

Today I would like to pose another question. I often deal with holes in cylindrical parts. I generally will use the "thru until next" option for depth. This works great for drilled holes but it doesn't seem to be an option for threaded holes.

Note the following two screenshots. The first is a picture of what I want to do. Notice that the "thru thread" option is greyed out...

The second screenshot shows what happens if the "thru all" option is selected for the hole. Now the "thru thread" option is available. However, I cannot use "thru all" to accomplish my goal because it does not work with my part.

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And here is the drawing, which illustrates why this is a problem. The cosmetic thread shows up on the drawing as ending in the middle of nowhere. Is there any way to resolve this issue or is it just another Pro/E bug?

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[srieger]

You can use "Drill to selected point or plane" then make the thread longer than the feature. It will be trimmed to the depth of the surface.

 

[snufflufikist]

srieger, thank you.

That works perfectly, and is a better response than PTC themselves gave me (which was "sorry, you'll have to just type in the thread depth manually")