Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
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Hello all,
What is the best way to dimension a drilled hole on a curved surface? When I try to dimension it on the drawing it does not pick it up because it does not see it as round (because of the curve). I hate to put an annotation with an arrow because there will be no auto updating if the size changes.
Thanks,
BB
What is the best way to dimension a drilled hole on a curved surface? When I try to dimension it on the drawing it does not pick it up because it does not see it as round (because of the curve). I hate to put an annotation with an arrow because there will be no auto updating if the size changes.
Thanks,
BB






RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
Depending on circumstance and necessary clarity I create a hole callout from a view normal to the hole axis using a depth indication (which should update with the hole if you use the hole wizard instead of an cut-extrude) or create a cross section thru the hole and dimension it from the cross-section view.
If that doesn't address your problem, can you show a picture of how you are trying to dimension the hole?
RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
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RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
A couple of questions:
1. Did you use the Hole Wizard to make the hole or did you make it with a standard extrude cut?
2. Do you have a view in your drawing that is the same normal view of when you made the hole? This is important to get the Hole Wizard callout to display and it is important to show a dimension from an extruded cut.
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RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
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RE: Dimensioning a drilled hole on a curved surface
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