Customize Hole Wizard
Customize Hole Wizard
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I have created custom .mdb files for holes our company uses. They appear in the Hole Wizard Standard drop-down list okay, but how do I get them to appear at the top of the list. I can't find the file that controls this list and I've been unable to affect it by using the settings table in default.mdb. Small thing but it really gets to be a pain, dropping down and selecting with each hole series. I want to avoid knocking out the ANSI and replacing it with our custom series.






RE: Customize Hole Wizard
I would strongly recommend that you contact your reseller on this one.
Although, changing the MDB files technically should work, I am not sure that this is supported, and there may be conflicts with other parts of the code.
Cheers,
Joseph
RE: Customize Hole Wizard
Good Luck,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

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Next is an example of our changed document.
COUNTERBORE-THRU=<MOD-DIAM> <hw-thruholedia> THRU;\
<HOLE-SPOT><MOD-DIAM> <hw-cbdia>;\
<HOLE-DEPTH> <hw-cbdepth>
*with farside countersink*
COUNTERBORE-THRU(csfs)=<MOD-DIAM> <hw-thruholedia> THRU;\
<HOLE-SPOT><MOD-DIAM> <hw-cbdia>;\
<HOLE-DEPTH> <hw-cbdepth>;\
<HOLE-SINK><MOD-DIAM> <hw-fscsdia> X <hw-fscsang>, FS
*with underhead csink*
COUNTERBORE-THRU(csms)=<MOD-DIAM> <hw-thruholedia> THRU;\
<HOLE-SPOT><MOD-DIAM> <hw-cbdia>;\
<HOLE-DEPTH> <hw-cbdepth>;\
<HOLE-SINK><MOD-DIAM> <hw-midcsdia> X <hw-midcsang>, <hw-msgmidside>
I hope this helps.
Bradley
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bobsheets: I'm at the same spot now, thanks for your help. If I can successfully bring my standard to the top of the pull down, or make it the default I'll let you know. Please do the same.
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Can you please specify What is incorrect or wrong in the Ansi Standard C'bore Diameters?
What are the correct numbers?
Why don't you make your own DB and use that instead?
Tools\Options\System Options\Data Options\Edit Standards Data
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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You should have started a new thread for your question ... however check Thread559-75609
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Customize Hole Wizard
I revived this topic because it got me pointed in the right direction, but I'm experiencing a roadblock.
My company uses a lot of Helicoil Inserts, and most of our customers call out Military Spec MS33537 for the drilling and tapping of the destination hole. This specification has slightly different values than SW’s internal standard for the tap drill diameter, c-sink size, and most importantly, tap depth & thread depth.
I took SBaugh's advice yesterday and created a new Standard for my Hole Wizard. I derived a new std named MS33537 from the Helicoil-Inch std and began to edit after saving it.
I edited the first size, #2-56, to my values and wanted to see how the wizard built holes.
Once in the hole wizard, I chose the Standard, Screw type (1.5 * Dia), and Size, the values below are not what I set up in the standards window. C-Sink Diameter and thread depth are not correct. More so, if I change the thread depth, the hole wizard seems to be Auto-Calculating the drill depth to suit, so I can only make one of my values match the spec at a time. This is a little frustrating. Do I not understand the way standards are handled in Solidworks, or am I doing something else wrong?
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