editing the Hole callout text file
editing the Hole callout text file
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Does anybody know a way to edited the hole call out to display 4 plc diameters next to standard ANSI and METRIC drill sizes in the hole wizard?. I'm always diverting to look up diameters then back to the letter or fractional drill sizes. Would be a great time saver.






RE: editing the Hole callout text file
Work around is to manually edit the text of each and every hole callout on your drawing, but that gets tedious on drawings with multiple hole callouts along with removing the auto update functionality from the edited callouts.
Put in an enhancement request and wait years to see it implemented, if at all.
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
I do not know how you'd get number or letter sizes to display, however.
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
<hw-fstsze> will get you the fractional, letter or number drill size.
You do not need to update the file every new release of SolidWorks. Put the file out on your network and path to it under System Options > File Locations. You should do this for all your standards.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64
http://www.renderbay.com
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RE: editing the Hole callout text file
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
I've also moved and updated my calloutformat file as suggested. No more questions about "the funny symbols" in my hole callouts.
I still haven't figured out how to get the callout to be the number or letter drill size instead of the decimal or fraction.
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
I was hoping to find a way to display the decimal equivalent of a letter or number size - just to speed up design work. I realize that it would not be possible to do that via a text match.
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
I am not placing hole wizard holes using the Screw Clearance Type. I select Number, Letter, Fractional or All Drill Sizes in the Type dropdown.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW2011 SP5, Windows 7 x64
http://www.renderbay.com
http://www.solidmuse.com
http://www.phxswug.com
RE: editing the Hole callout text file
Anna, now I get the difference in your way and my way.
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580