Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
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Well, after several crash and even more failures I decided to see if you folks have any suggestions on how to make step drill hole in the top face of a part made from hex bar stock? Even one hole with drill point at 90 would be a vast improvement. The hole wiz is a total failure as soon as you come off the centerline, angled. Thank you in advance to anyone who helps me find a solution here.
PS I am extremely new to SW so please keep it simple as possible, because I am lost in this ___ ___ system.
PS I am extremely new to SW so please keep it simple as possible, because I am lost in this ___ ___ system.






RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Bradley
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
I did, as Brad suggests and here are the steps I followed... I'm using SW05-SP4
1. Sketching on the top plane, I use the polygon sketch tool, then extrude.
2. Using my mouse, I select one of the edges of the polygon. With the edge highlighted, I insert reference geometry => Plane. Choosing the Angular offset option, I set to 30 deg, then select one of the ajacent faces to the edge I previously selected. This creates a plane normal to the edge.
3. I highlight the plane with my mouse. With the plane highlighted I use the hole wizzard to insert a hole... and wallagh....
I tried it also w/o selecting the plane in step, and It did not work for me... Kept asking for me to define the sketch........ but when I make the hole wizzard sketch on the 2D plane I created, it worked just fine....
Maybe this will help....
I too am new to SW (From Catia)... It gets easier...
Wes C.
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
From someone who is extremely new, you are slamming SW pretty hard. Which version of SW are you using? Do you have the latest SP? It might come down to user error because I am not having any trouble with doing what you want to do.
You may have to come to terms with doing things a little different than UG. I used Mechanical Desktop for several years. I am now on SW 2005, SP4.0, and MDT 6 can do some things better than SW, and SW can do some things better than MDT 6. That's just the nature of the beast, and without proper training on the user's part, ALL new users will stumble for awhile.
Flores
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
From a former professor's standpoint after watching 30 years of students: "garbage in, garbage out"...computers just do what you tell them.
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Have you checked your hardware against SolidWorks guidelines?
Have you had proper SW training?
If not, I suggest going thru the tutorials.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
I call it UG....or any cad for that matter. I had UG reboot my computer 3 times a couple of days ago with no warning. I get internal errors, corrupt sessions, dangling dimensions, and broken blends (fillets) quite often. And we do small assemblies (5-10 parts), I don't know how large companies like GM make it with huge assemblies, I guess they such ties to UG, they can get bug fixes quick.
Back to your original question, create the plane, preselect it, then select the hole Wizard. This creates the location of the hole as a 2d sketch rather thana 3d sketch which will probably work better for what you're doing.
Jason
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Jason
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
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Flores
SW 2005 SP 4.0
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Solution ... Check FAQ559-507, FAQ559-908 & FAQ559-488.
Alternatively you may be doing things totally incorrectly & confusing the Hell out of SW.
Solution ... Work through the Online Tutorials in the SW Help section &/or get proper training from your VAR.
There are probably other ways to do what you want, but this is my preferred method:-
1) Create the angled plane.
2) Select the plane, then select the HW icon. This will place a point at the postion where you selected the plane.
3) Select the Legacy tab & set the hole sizes as required.
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4) Drag the point to approximately where it needs to be, then constrain it by adding dimensions.
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5) Click Finish
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Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
What operation is causing the crash or is it random.
Can you post a pic of what you're trying to do? Or give us the steps you're going through.
Jason
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Obviously the switch from UG was not of his choosing, but that said, quest4k, we are here to help smooth your transition any way we can, but you just have to stick with it a bit. I have moments where I HATE SW, and am screaming for CATIA, and moment, where I wipe my brow in releif that I am now using SW.
It takes time. But it'll come around. They all have their good point and thier bad points. At least you have worked in 3-D. MY office is transitioning a number of engineers from autocad to 3-D...
The remaining temp files after a crash will decrease dramatically if you are able to work locally.
Wes C.
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Anyway, post you computer specs, perhaps the crashing problem lies there. Also, what type of work are you modeling? Complex geometry, large assemblies? There may be some Solidworks type tricks we can help you out with. Since I have UG under my belt now, I can probably help you bridge the gap in UG to Swx terminology and tell you whether Solidworks has an equivalent function.
Jason
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
What are you trying to find regarding mirroring and hidden lines?
Jason
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole
Helpful SW websites every user should be aware of FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Newbie Need Help with Drill a 90 degree Step Drill Hole