Alan B
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| posted on 26/2/10 at 06:11 PM |
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Autodesk Inventor question
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
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bigandy
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| posted on 26/2/10 at 07:05 PM |
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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
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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Alan B
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| posted on 26/2/10 at 08:24 PM |
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Cheers mate...and if I hear anything I'll let you know...
Alan
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 08:31 AM |
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Can you make the hole depth the same as the material? I.e. 5cm block of wood with a 5cm deep hole
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bigandy
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 08:52 AM |
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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
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flak monkey
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 08:59 AM |
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We have autodesk 2010 at work. I will try and find out next week from our resident gurus.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 10:26 AM |
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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
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bigandy
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 10:30 AM |
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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
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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Alan B
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| posted on 27/2/10 at 04:21 PM |
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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
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