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Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

(OP)
Okay, so I opened and old drawing.  I think it was originally drawn in V4, and I'm using v5.

There were 4 holes on one side of the plate that I needed to move to the other side.  They were "removed" bodies, so I just deleted them, and created threaded holes.  However, when I update the drawing the holes show up blue with the minor diameter and no threads.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks!

RE: Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

(OP)
Okay, still working on the blue, but a guy in another department/building helped me.  I didn't have the Thread box selected in properties.  Can anyone tell me why this is even an option?

RE: Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

(OP)
Okay, still working on the blue, but a guy in another department/building helped me.  I didn't have the Thread box selected in properties.  Can anyone tell me why this is even an option?

RE: Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

In order to identify a hole as threaded CATIA has to look at the specification for the hole. This is requires that the entire model is loaded in design mode. Being able to avoid doing this gives an important performance advantage in partial loading the model if threads do not need to be represented.   

RE: Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

Closer; I just noticed "drawing" in your question about blue stuff.

If you're seeing blue dimensions on your drawing, it's because you have the Analysis Dislay Mode turned on, so CATIA is checking the status of the dimensions.  Looking in the Tools + Options, by default there are 3 shades of blue that represent diffent things - I'm guessing the blue dimensions you see are due to dimension being isolated from the 3D model.

RE: Threaded holes blue in drawing, threads not showing... ?

(OP)
It's actually the minor diameter of threaded holes that is blue.  Everything else is normal.

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