Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
(OP)
We work with a lot of form steels for stamping dies and the work face is rarely flat.
I find that every shcs that I put in I have to change the counterbore depth
The only way I know how to do this is to change to custom and then modify, then you have to have each counterbore placed separately because they are not all the same depth
The scarey thing about doing it like this is if I have to change the bolt size, I have to remember to set it to normal again or the other fields don't go back to the new size, then I have to change to custom again to set my CB depth again
I could use a plane as well but it involves more work
I think the CB depth should not be locked and should be able to change it freely
In the old days you could pick a plane or point to infer your depth from
Is there any way to do this differently or are we stuck with this method for now??
Thanks,
I find that every shcs that I put in I have to change the counterbore depth
The only way I know how to do this is to change to custom and then modify, then you have to have each counterbore placed separately because they are not all the same depth
The scarey thing about doing it like this is if I have to change the bolt size, I have to remember to set it to normal again or the other fields don't go back to the new size, then I have to change to custom again to set my CB depth again
I could use a plane as well but it involves more work
I think the CB depth should not be locked and should be able to change it freely
In the old days you could pick a plane or point to infer your depth from
Is there any way to do this differently or are we stuck with this method for now??
Thanks,
Brian Marchand-Die Designer
http://www.armotool.com/
NX 9.0.2.5 / PDW
Dell Precision T7610 w/Xeon ES-2609
16G Ram - Nvidia Quadro K5000
Win 7 Pro x64





RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
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RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
Brian Marchand-Die Designer
http://www.armotool.com/
NX 9.0.2.5 / PDW
Dell Precision T7610 w/Xeon ES-2609
16G Ram - Nvidia Quadro K5000
Win 7 Pro x64
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
The one reason we use a sketch is that its easier, when your adding your tapped holes to the plate that this bolts onto, we link the same sketch in with one click
Then if we have to move a hole we just edit the one sketch and cb'd hole and thread move together
I also like to keep a start block with holes already in it, but we don't know what the form will look like yet to add the points that would be different in the Z
Thanks for the info, I will investigate further if I can make the points work
Brian Marchand-Die Designer
http://www.armotool.com/
NX 9.0.2.5 / PDW
Dell Precision T7610 w/Xeon ES-2609
16G Ram - Nvidia Quadro K5000
Win 7 Pro x64
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
See my revised attached model.
This is what I did, I created a sketch of points, projected them onto the faces of the model and then when I placed my counter-bored holes I selected the 'Projected' feature which automatically selected all four points and created the hole with the correct depth relative to the locations of the points in the 'Projected' feature. And to see how 'parametric' this approach is, after you've opened the model, edit the sketch adding a couple of additional points, one over the top horizontal face and one over the canted face. Then 'Finish' the sketch and watch what happens (you may get a warning message, just ignore it as it doesn't really mean anything in this situation and besides, you'll only see it once).
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
Thanks
Brian Marchand-Die Designer
http://www.armotool.com/
NX 9.0.2.5 / PDW
Dell Precision T7610 w/Xeon ES-2609
16G Ram - Nvidia Quadro K5000
Win 7 Pro x64
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
Regards,
Brian Marchand-Die Designer
http://www.armotool.com/
NX 9.0.2.5 / PDW
Dell Precision T7610 w/Xeon ES-2609
16G Ram - Nvidia Quadro K5000
Win 7 Pro x64
RE: Socket Head Cap Screw counterbore question
Are the screws auto populating the points of a sketch? If I can achieve this I want to switch from my current method of placing the c'bored holes in one block, then adding the mating tapped holes to the other block down stream.
TIA for any info you can share.
Dave
Automotive Tooling / Aircraft Tooling / Ground Support Structures
NX9, Win 7 Pro SP1