Advancement in Hole Wizard Tool

In this TechTip blog, we explore the latest enhancements in the Hole Wizard’s Positions tab, a key feature for streamlining hole creation in CAD designs. This powerful tool now offers increased flexibility by allowing you to select from existing 2D sketches for precise hole placement, choose from various positioning options, and manage hole position sketches with greater control. By leveraging these advancements, you can significantly improve the efficiency of your CAD design workflow.

Step 1:

Begin by launching SOLIDWORKS User Interface and opening the project Round_About_Foot.SLDPRT.

Step 2:

Before accessing the Hole Wizard Tool make sure that 2D sketch is drawn on the part where we need to create holes.

Step 3:

Access the Hole Wizard Tool under Features tab.

Step 4:

In the Hole Wizard dialog box, select ‘Counterbore’ as hole type.

Step 5:

Specify the parameters that include the hole’s diameter, depth, and other relevant characteristics.

Step 6:

Under the Positions tab in the Hole Wizard, specify the hole position. Use an Existing 2D sketch or create a new one.
Within the Sketch Options section, you can make specific choices:
1) Create instances on sketch geometry (Enabled by default): This option places holes at all endpoints, vertices, and points of our selected sketch geometry.
2) Create instances on construction geometry: Choose this if we want the holes to follow a different construction geometry.

Step 7:

Expand the design Tree and select the sketch which we sketched earlier.

Step 8:

Holes will automatically create at the instances on sketch geometry. With our sketch or construction geometry in place, we can specify the exact locations for the holes. Left Click on endpoints, vertices, or points on the geometry to indicate where the holes should go. This is much like marking the exact spots where we want to drill holes in a physical material.

Step 9:

If there are specific instances of the hole that you don’t want to create, you can skip them. In order to do this, click on Instances to Skip and select the hole skip. This option allows you to be selective in the hole creation process.

Step 10:

After we’ve configured all the parameters and positions, click OK to generate the holes according to your specifications.

Step 11:

Save the part.

Step 12:

When we delete the Hole Wizard Feature, we can retain the hole position sketch by deselecting the Delete absorbed features.

Conclusion

In conclusion, leveraging the advanced features of the Hole Wizard Tool can greatly streamline your hole creation process, offering precise control and flexibility. To further optimize your CAD design workflow, check out our blog on “Automatically Optimize Resolved Mode | SOLIDWORKS,” which provides additional strategies for enhancing performance and efficiency in your designs.

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