Drilled Holes

[AETelliot]

I would like to create a series of holes that will have dowel pins inserted, but am having trouble in WF2.0 to create exactly what I want. I want to create the holes so that they resemble the machining operation. i.e. for a dia 6 hole - Drill Dia 5.5 x 12 deep to drill point, Slot Drill Dia 5.8 x 8 Deep, Ream Dia 6 x 6 Deep. Can anyone help. I do not want to create these holes using the revolve cutout as it means creating a series of planes to sketch the section. Even the creation of a simple drilled hole with point at bottom is a problem, assuming that the drill dia does not correspond with the drill dia for a threaded hole.

 

[Buster]

How about using a sketched hole. After choosing the hole command, change from simple to sketched. Sketch whatever type of hole you would like, then you can place and use just like any other hole (i.e. mirror, pattern, etc.)
Edited by: Buster

 

[Dell_Boy]

You have a choice between creating a sketched hole or a revolved cut if
you want to create it as a single feature instead of several coaxial
features. For a blind hole these two methods are fairly similar
but the revolved cut does allow some referencing possibilies that are
not natively present in sketched hole e.g. radial hole in a cylinder.



When creating a revolved cut like this, use Wildfire's
equivalent of datum-on-the-fly; do not create a specific datum plane
purely for sketching a section on.




If you are using this feature on a regular basis, there are at
least three fundamentally different ways of fast-tracking the creation.



1. Have the sketched section saved and "Insert data from file" to bring it into a new sketch.



2. Use feature copy same model/different model to copy the feature.



3. Define the feature as a UDF so you can bring the feature in from the library.



Your choice of method will probably depend upon flexibility of
dimensioning references and how many text notes you want to have saved
in the dimensions





DB



Edited by: Dell_Boy

 

[elab.theken]

There is another option....the infamously unknownconfig.pro settings:


Set hole_diameter_override to YES


This will allow you to override the "standard" hole dimensions with whatever you choose.


Hope this helps.

 

[AETelliot]

Thanks Guys. I have been using the sketched hole with good effect.

 

[looslib]

I opened an ER for blind holes to show a drill point.


UG does their holes that way and the drill tip angle is a parameter.

 

[airion]

You should create a UDF (User defined feature) with a depth and diameter that are variable and with the drill point shape you desire. Then when you insert it, you just need to select a surface and a axis, then enter in your variable dimensions.





Al