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Autodesk Inventor question
Alan B - 26/2/10 at 06:11 PM

I'm a regular user for several years now but one thing really bugs me...

The default hole termination is "to depth"....most of my holes are "through".

Anyone know how (or if) this can be changed?

Cheers, Alan


bigandy - 26/2/10 at 07:05 PM

That does my head in as well! I've been using Inventor on a recent contract, and there are loads of little annoyances like that....

I'll fire off a question to the tech support guys and ask them on Monday though...

Andy


Alan B - 26/2/10 at 08:24 PM

Cheers mate...and if I hear anything I'll let you know...

Alan


Ninehigh - 27/2/10 at 08:31 AM

Can you make the hole depth the same as the material? I.e. 5cm block of wood with a 5cm deep hole


bigandy - 27/2/10 at 08:52 AM

Yes you can, although in a lot of cases it is beneficial to have the hole depth parametrically linked to the material thickness. Specifying the hole depth removes this link. Also it changes the way holes are called out by the hole and thread tool when detailing a drawing. I.e. It specifies the hole depth, instead of calling out the hole as "thru".

I have to admit, having used inventor and solidworks far too much, I think solidworks has the edge over inventor....

Andy


flak monkey - 27/2/10 at 08:59 AM

We have autodesk 2010 at work. I will try and find out next week from our resident gurus.

David


Ninehigh - 27/2/10 at 10:26 AM

quote:
Originally posted by bigandy
Yes you can, although in a lot of cases it is beneficial to have the hole depth parametrically linked to the material thickness.

Andy


Ah so when you think "What if it was 2mm thicker?" there's no need to change a lot of things


bigandy - 27/2/10 at 10:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh

Ah so when you think "What if it was 2mm thicker?" there's no need to change a lot of things


That's the one If you know exactly what you want when you start designing something, it's not so much of an issue, but when you are chopping and changing things around, it is really handy!

Andy


Alan B - 27/2/10 at 04:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by bigandy
......... Also it changes the way holes are called out by the hole and thread tool when detailing a drawing. I.e. It specifies the hole depth, instead of calling out the hole as "thru".

I have to admit, having used inventor and solidworks far too much, I think solidworks has the edge over inventor....

Andy


Yes, good point. Also I use both INV and SW too and agree....SW definitely has the edge.

Alan