Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?

[laserscientist]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had problems using the hole wizard to create a tapped hole to a fixed depth. I am using SW 2010. I have a block that is 30x30x10mm. I want to make a hole through the part on one 10x30mm side, and have the first 6mm tapped M3x0.5. I tried creating the hole in hole wizard, but I get the following silliness. If I make both of the end conditions (hole depth, thread depth) 'up to next', everything looks great (except that the hole is tapped all the way through). If I leave the hole depth 'up to next' and just change the thread depth to 'blind (2 * dia)', the part geometry is destroyed and I end up with empty model and invalid geometry errors. I can toggle between the two situations just by changing the thread depth spec.

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong, or has anyone else had a similar issue?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I've never had, nor read about that problem.

Can you post the part for testing on other machines/

Have you tried rebooting?

 

[JMirisola]

I just tried and it worked fine. Are you selecting the face before invoking the hole wizard? If you create another part, does the same thing happen?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
Design Manager/Senior Designer
M9 Defense
My Blog

 

[SnowCrash]

Yes, I have the same problem. The sketch for the profile of a full depth drill, partial tap hole blows up to have a huge OD. My solution was to not do it that way. You could go in and edit the sketch to be correct.
SW should fix it.

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE

 

[laserscientist]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I was creating pilot holes first, then creating tapped holes centered on the pilot holes. Based on SnowCrash's suggestion, I just created the holes with the wizard directly, and the problem went away.

Cheers,
Dan

 

[Updraft]

Dan,

The beauty of the Hole Wizard is that you don't have to look up the pilot diameter. It sounds like you were doing a lot of unnecessary work. Simply select the size and depth of tapped hole you want and SWX applies the appropriate pilot drill.

Pay attention to the three types of geometry/display conditions in the bottom Options box. We always use the middle selection, which removes the material for the pilot drill and shows a cosmetic thread. If we were to use the one on the right (Remove thread) our CAM software would see material removed at the thread's major diameter and we would be, ahem, screwed.

- - -Updraft

 

[SnowCrash]

Updraft, actually wouldn't you be 'unscrewed' in that case?
;-)

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE

 

[Updraft]

SnowCrash,

Touche'.

Either way it is as bad as being cross-threaded.

- - -Updraft