Creat an aligned hole

[charleskim]

Does anyone know how to create an aligned hole without 0 dimension?



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[kvision]

Depends what you mean. Too make a hole aligned to a boss or another hole use a COAXIAL hole. You can also use linear placement and selct a reference at that postion. Click in the bock that says offset under Secondary references and change it to align. (WILDFIRE).

 

[Tunalover]

Another way is to go into the sketcher and ALIGN the new hole (in the sketch) to the pre-existing feature (e.g. hole). The contraint will be added to the existing feature with no zero dimension.



That works great!



Tunalover

 

[swcalvert]

IN Wildfire, click the pause button, and place a datum through the axis of the first hole - parallel to the second. Resume, drag one handle to that datum for a 'zero' dimension. I really wish that it could be made that we didn't have to do a datum on the fly, and that we could just drag our handles to the axis. I have noticed that you can use a hole axis if the first hole is not planar to the second hole.



Steve C

 

[ksboo79]

in 2001, you can insert an axis by insert>axis point in the sketch mode of your protrusion. you'll have an axis through that point perpendicular to your sketching plane..



ksboo

 

[charleskim]

Thanks for the replies,

Let me make my question a little clearer.



I'm currently using 2001.

In previous versions when you create a hole (see picture in my original message) offset from another hole, it would ask you if you want the hole aligned, thus not needing a '0' dimension.

But in 2001, I can't seem to get rid of '0' dimension.



Thanks.

 

[robertd]

In Sketcher mode us the constraint called same point, colinear.

 

[charleskim]

robertd,

I'm asking about creating a 'Straight Hole' not a sketched hole or a cut in 2001.

 

[Rajesh]

Hi,

Refer to the first reply of kvision. It holds good.

Rajesh