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Hole Series Issues SW2004 SP2.1 3

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tractorman49

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Aug 7, 2003
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Hi all,

Can some one please help me? I'm having a 'challenge' with using 'Hole Series' within my assembly.

The assembly is made up of predominantly 'Sheet Metal' parts of 1.2mm thick.

I'm trying to create a linked set of punched holes that will line up perfectly upon assembly through the 3 adjacent parts. The first hole is to be 9.1 the second 6.5 and the last 6.1.

With each hole set 'Up to Next' for some reason the hole is not migrating to the last part of the 3. However if I change to through all the last part still does not show a hole yet holes appear in other parts further out along the hole axis projection. This has really got me baffled and through and I need an answer please!

Many thank's

tractorman49,

Midlands, UK


 
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If I read you right, are you creating the holes in the assy and want the holes to show up in the parts also? If so, you will not see the holes in the parts. You can "edit part" in the assy, then "convert entities" of the hole created in the assy.
 
The Hole Series is intended mainly to produce holes in a model which would be made at the assembly stage of the actual parts.

It sounds like the parts are having the holes punched in them individually. In which case you would do better placing the holes "In-context" at the model assy.

Make an assy of the parts ... without the holes ... & while in the assy, edit the first part & add the first hole, then update the part. Then edit each of the other parts in turn, & add a hole postioned from the first one.

[cheers] from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

[ponder] If you choke a smurf, [smurf] what color does it turn?
 
If you have parts that you don't want the holes to go through you need to hide those parts or they will be included in the holes series.

I hide all the parts that could get cut by the Hole Wizard "Hole series" and then I use "through all" for all three parts listed in the Hole series wizard.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP [borg2]
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Thank's to all three people who kindly replied so far.

I'm familiar with the process and know how to hide parts I do not wish to include when using the Hole Wizard in Assembly mode via the 'Hole Series' option.

My question is why the a hole is NOT being produced in the THIRD part of the series. The holes are being produced in both of the other parts (first and middle) but not in the third for some obscure reason. Is this a bug?

As far as I know all three parts are coincident.

Still Baffled!

Tractorman49
 
First of all, please ignore my comment about the intended use of the Hole Series ... I was getting confused with an "Assy Cut". [bugeyed]

Secondly, sorry, I don't know why the 3rd plate hole is not being produced. [sad] It works fine for me using SW04-SP2.1 whether I use "Up to next" or "Through all"

What are you using?

[cheers] from (the City of) Barrie, Ontario.

[ponder] If you choke a smurf, [smurf] what color does it turn?
 
Works good on SP2.1 for me. The only suggestion I have is that maybe the third part was added to the assy after the Hole Series was created. I tried to add a part to my assy after the Hole Series and the holes did not show up in that part until i deleted the Series and re-created it. Hope that helps, good luck.
 
I also just tried changing configurations and any of the three holes is suppressed in configurations other than the one that the Series was created with.
 
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