SolidWorks has an intuitive workflow and user interface to encourage engineers to focus on design work instead of just CAD software, thereby greatly improving engineers' design efficiency, and the Special-shaped Hole Wizard is one of them. example.
The Special-Shaped Hole Wizard is a tool for generating hole features. With this command, we do not need to consult the relevant standard design manuals. We can directly select and design the corresponding standard hole features according to the standard parts of each country. Of course, we can also according to the needs of the enterprise. Expand standard hole data or customize matching holes for non-standard parts. At present, special-shaped holes include 12 standards such as metric, imperial, and national standards, as shown below:
The operation of hole specifications mainly includes two aspects, as shown in Figure 1
1. Type . Set hole type parameters
a. Hole type: Define the standard and type of special-shaped holes
b. Hole specifications: Define the size of special-shaped holes and the coordination of the hole axis
c. Termination condition: Define the conditions for generating special-shaped holes
d. Option: Define additional parameters for special-shaped holes
e. Common types: Define non-standard special-shaped holes
f. Feature range: Define the scope of special-shaped holes
2. Position. Define the location of hole placement on a planar or non-planar surface. Use dimensions and other sketching tools to locate hole centers
With the intuitive interface of special-shaped holes, we can easily define hole characteristics. But if we want to use some non-standard hole features, we can activate the "Show Custom Size" dialog box.
According to personal needs, frequently used non-standard hole features can be set as commonly used hole features, so that they can be quickly called next time. The specific operation is shown in Figure 2.
a. Add or update common types
b. Enter a new name
Common types can be saved as internal standards within the company for your enjoyment. After saving, a new custom specification will be created, which is very convenient to call. Click "Load Common Types" to quickly implement it
a. Save common types, as shown in Figure 3
b. Load common types, as shown in Figure 4
For a large number of commonly used types of custom holes, we can directly add special-shaped holes to the standard library for classification, management and application. It's more convenient. Click Hole Wizard/Toolbox on the System Options tab and browse to the Hole Wizard/ToolBox folder location.
Open the file SWBrowser database file
, generate a new standard or edit it, as shown in Figure 5
For example, you need to add common hole types to the DME standard In the database of "Tapered Pipe Threaded Holes", double-click "DME_DATA_HW_PipeTapDrills" to enter the form. Here you can see the various specifications and specific parameters of "Tapered Pipe Threaded Holes". Now add a new specification with the name "4", right here Right-click the mouse on the last line - New record, as shown in Figure 6
In this way, you can add a new standard with the specification name "4". After filling in the data, save it. The next time you call the Special-shaped Hole Wizard in SolidWorks, the DME standard "Tapered Pipe Threaded Hole" will have a new specification named "4", as shown in Figure 7
In summary , the special-shaped hole wizard tool of SolidWorks is easy to use, and it is also simple to edit and expand standards. This can greatly shorten the designer's learning cycle, thereby putting more energy into the design, effectively improving the work efficiency. efficiency.
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