inserting holes on a cylinder wall 2

[berkshire]

Is there a quick and easy way of inserting a hole on a cylinder wall without using an auxilary plane in sw2004.
I can do it with the hole wizard or with a circular array.
But sometimes I would just like to Place a hole without going through all that. When I try I get the message that it is a non planar surface. If this is a frequently asked question can somebody point me to the reference.
B.E.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Short answer is No.

You have to use the HW if just selecting the wall & not using a plane. If the cylinder is constructed around the main reference planes, one of those could be used to create the sketch for the hole and a cut-extrude, from the centre out, could be made.


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[berkshire]

I was afraid that that would be the answer.
I guess I am just getting lazy. I use the main reference plane where I can,and the auxilary planes where I can't.
Thanks anyway.
B.E

 

[SBaugh]

You can create a HW hole in a 3D sketch... which means you don't need a plane to construct a HW hole. See help

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Scott Baugh, CSWP

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[berkshire]

Yes I can do that, I was just trying to avoid setting up the hole wizard for one hole.
I have a job where I have different sized holes iregularly spaced on the wall of a tube.
I guess I am going to have to make a list of favourites and use them.
Thank you for the info.
B.E.

 

[Scoobystu]

What about using a revolve cut? This would only work if the holes were in line with the planes tho. Draw a centre line on the plane and revolve around it?! MAy work for some of them.

 

[berkshire]

What I am doing right now is to set up a plane on the centreline of the cylinder, mark the centreline and revolve the auxilary plane around it until it is 90 degrees away from where I want the hole, then do an extrude cut from that face through the wall of the cylinder.
B.E.

 

[J-C]

Sounds like the Hole Wizard would be less work, why the reluctance to use it?

Jason

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

2D Sketch Method
1) Click on the surface of the cylinder close to where you need the hole.
2) Select the Hole Wizard icon.
3) Select options within HW & click on next.
4) Deselect the Point icon (or place other points, then deselect).
5) Constrain the points. NOTE: The hole axis will automatically be perpendicular to the cylinder surface, so only axial & radial constraints are needed.
6) Click Finish

3D Sketch Method
1) Select the Hole Wizard icon.
2) Select options within HW & click on next.
3) The Point icon will already be selected, & points can be placed where needed.
4) Deselect the Point icon
5) & 6) as above.

The only difference between the 2D & 3D is that the 2D can be constrained to a line.

Also note that HW holes can be drag-n-dropped onto the same part & other parts, but will still need to be constrained.


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[berkshire]

Now I know where I was going wrong.
I was placing the points with the hole wizard without constraining them. Then wondering why they were not, where I wanted them, when I finished up.
Which is why I switched to through cutting from planes.
Part of the problem I have with this is that I do not do this full time. It may be 2 to 3 months between sessions.Then when I get back to it I find I know just enough to be dangerous. I am also finding a review of the tutorials does not hurt.
Thank you all for your help.
B.E.

 

[ongybill]

Wow, what SP did they get the hole wizard to work on cylinders.

We tried for hours to get this to work back in January when I started using SW 2005 SP0. Even participated in a discussion at SW's website about how it wasn't possible. And alternative ways to draw holes in cylinders. Now it works great.

 

[SBaugh]

It has worked since SW03.

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[ongybill]

That's funny.

When we were using SW 2005 SP0 four of us attempted repeatedly to use the hole wizard to place a counterbored hole in the side of a cylinder with no luck. 1 guy uses the HW all the time and loves it. Another hates it and rarely uses it. These 2 have used SW for several years. 2 of us were newbies that'd used HW only a few time. None of us had any luck. No idea why it didn't work. We finally just decided it only worked on flat surfaces and drew the parts another way.

Hadn't attempted it since, until today when I tried it with SP3.0 and it worked great. Pretty sure I did today exactly what I did then.

If anyone's still running SP0 I'd be curious if they have any problem with this.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Just tried it with SW05-SP0.0 ... No problems here.


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[ongybill]

Thanks CorBlimeyLimey

Guess I'll never know why. I am really glad to see it working.