Metric hole on fraction hole table 2

[smcadman]

I have a part that uses both fraction and metric holes. We use fractions 90% of the time with the hole wizard, but whenever we use Häfele Minifix cams on parts we use "ANSI Metric" instead of "Fractional Drill Sizes".

There is no problem using metric and fractional holes on the same part, but there is a problem using both with hole tables. I haven't fingered out a way to do this; any of you found a work-around?

Here is a pdf in case that was confusing:

http://paul-flores.com/downloads/fraction_metric_hole_table.PDF

Notice the note we have to put on there; I know it is wrong to do this but we send the DXF to our in-house wood working guy.

Flores

 

[fcsuper]

What happens when you try to manually edit the fields associated with the metric holes? I have found the hole table pretty flexible with letting me change it as I please.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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[AnnaWood]

Use <hw-fstsze> instead of <hw-diam>. Then I would just manually edit the depth.

I have a text file on my desktop that I keep with pre-formatted hole wizard notes. I just cut and paste into my details to get the hole callouts we like to use. Works for 95% of the holes in my hole tables.

Makes short work of creating hole tables.

See attached...

Anna Wood
SW2008 SP5.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM

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[AnnaWood]

Here is a link to the typical details I create using the Toolkit Hole Chart Notes.txt file to cut and paste from.

http://visualvault.auerprecision.com/ViewFile.aspx?DlID=b16b387a-5925-44da-bd9d-0eee09fb9ea9

Cheers,

Anna Wood
SW2008 SP5.0, Windows Vista SP1
IBM ThinkPad T61p, T7800, FX570M, 4 gigs of RAM

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[smcadman]

Thank you Anna very much! I knew there had to be a hack without having to manually override everything.

Flores