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Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?
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Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

(OP)
I am not sure if I am either missing a step, or if it isn't possible.   What I want to do is drag a component into an assembly and it automatically makes the required holes necessary.   

I am using Hafele Minifix components for some knock-down assemblies and it requires 2 holes per component.
See screenshot:
http://paul-flores.com/solidworks_screenshots/minifix_problem.jpg

I am able to make a single hole (more or less) but I haven't been able to make the 2nd hole required for the cam.

Here are the files if you can give it a shot:
http://paul-flores.com/temp_files/hafele_minifix_cam.zip

If automatically making 2 perpendicular holes is not possible with smart components, what other SW function could I use to do this?

Flores

RE: Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

I'm not sure about Smart Components, but a Library Feature of the perpendicular holes will work.

cheers

RE: Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

(OP)
CBL, I tried library features and it didn't work.   I could make the large hole with it, but I couldn't make the 2nd smaller hole work.

I'll give it another shot.

Flores

RE: Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

(OP)
Eltron, I am stuck at home with the flu/acute bronchitis and only have 2007 loaded on this computer (so I can't try your sample).

I can't open that file, but it sounds like you were able to make it work so that is good news.   I did use a face and edge, so next time I will try choosing the 2 faces instead.

Flores

RE: Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

smcadman,
Works great for me in both SW07 and SW08.

How are you creating the holes? I used regular cut-extrude.
How are you creating the LF? I just dragged and dropped the features into the Design Library Features folder.

cheers

RE: Can a smart component make perpendicular holes?

Hey, don't give me what you got.  I've been lucky enough to skate by all winter without getting puny.  

Let me know if it works when you get back.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com

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