Hole Wizzard Counterbore
Hole Wizzard Counterbore
(OP)
Why does SW2003 counterbore in the wizzard not match the callout on the machineries hand book for close fit and normal fit.
for example
3/8 SHCS
close normal loose
solidworks .386 .397 .406
mach hand book .391 .406
am i missing something here
Thanks
John
for example
3/8 SHCS
close normal loose
solidworks .386 .397 .406
mach hand book .391 .406
am i missing something here
Thanks
John






RE: Hole Wizzard Counterbore
On the bright side, you get a special virtual blue ribbon from The Tick for having the wisdom and foresight to not let some programmer make your engineering decisions for you.
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John
RE: Hole Wizzard Counterbore
I wish to inform you that my copy of Machinery's Handbook (ed.26) state that clerance hoel drill for 3/8
close fit is .3860 and that the free fit .3970
Even on this website http://www.csgnetwork.com/screwfracmachtable.html You can see the info that I'm stating
That is why SW is using those values.
Olivier
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-DB
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Could you share with all?
RE: Hole Wizzard Counterbore
Select a new standard name (Company X ansi in) and select what you are copying it from (Ansi IN). Go to the edit data tab. Adjust values accordingly.
Now when you use hole series you have a new standard to choose from.
Daniel
RE: Hole Wizzard Counterbore
To provide another answer your question, I know that somewhere in the SW installation directory are a series of MSAccess database files (*.mdb) that can be modified according to your preferences. The caveat is that you'll want to backup the original because I believe that I've read here in the forum where sometimes these tables can get screwed up and mess with the SW installation.
Oh BTW, I believe that this suggestion is only applicable to SW03 and prior. SW04 I think does away with these and allows the user to interface and create favorites within SW itself (as was suggested already) but I'm not 100% certain of this.
Good luck,
Chris Gervais
Sr. Mechanical Designer
Lytron Corp.
RE: Hole Wizzard Counterbore