Making a Hole callout table without dimensions

[stampyoldani]

Hello all,
I am using SW2006.

I'm making a drawing of a part which will accompany a .IGS file to the CNC machine shop for fabrication. The part is basically a big plate with a lot of different holes in it.

My intention with the drawing is to specify the type of holes in groups distinguished by the type of hole (ie: M6x1 12mm thread farside, M6 clearance, M6 clearance with counterbore for SHCS ... etc etc), but not the location of the hole(the machinist gets that with the .IGS file).

I like the ease of use of the hole table function, but because it labels each hole with location and type the chart becomes unreasonably long, and polluted with redundant information to the machinist.

Is there a way to create such a chart without manually labeling and "tabling" each groups of hole

Thanks in advance,
-Luigi

 

[AnnaWood]

Luigi,

See the following image. You can add and delete columns also. RMB when you have a cell selected in the table. When you get the table the way you like be sure to save the table as a template out on the network for all your users.

http://visualvault.auerprecision.com/ViewFile.aspx?DlID=e9564a91-bc86-4c78-9ad9-52944185ab07

Regards

Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP2.2, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[stampyoldani]

Thanks for the late Friday response Anna!
My veiw of the hole table shows different options boxes, regardless of which template I select. Is it because I am using '06 where you are using '07? Or is it because I am not finding the proper template? I cannot seem to find an option that provides me with similar check boxes.

Your picture, however, describes exactly what I am trying to create.

Still befuddled, but thanks again...
-Luigi

 

[stampyoldani]

Found what I needed....

Here's how it worked for me:

Created the lengthy hole table with X Y position data that solidworks 2006 defaults to. then went to the giant table and right clicked "tabs" column. selected "combine tags" viola!

Thanks for the help.
-Luigi

 

[AnnaWood]

Luigi,

That is it...

Here is a video that I created showing the process. It is about 65 Megs.

http://visualvault.auerprecision.com/ViewFile.aspx?DlID=ac6d4409-e1ff-43a0-a90a-fce3ecf0bb9d

Regards,

Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP2.2, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/solidmuse

http://www.phxswug.com