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






RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
Can you post the part for testing on other machines/
Have you tried rebooting?
RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
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RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
SW should fix it.
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
Cheers,
Dan
RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
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.
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RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 2.1
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
RE: Problems with hole wizard making tapped thru hole to fixed depth?
Touche'.
Either way it is as bad as being cross-threaded.
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