Hole callouts

I've not used Hole Callouts that much, as I've not yet figured out how to
customise the file that determines the format of the annotation.

However, today I needed to quickly identify the size of a hole on a drawing,
so I used one. It produced a very misleading result. This was because the
face on which I defined the hole had a "near side" chamfer, but in the
drawing I was viewing the part from the opposite side. The hole callout
still said the chamfer was "near side", when on the drawing it was really
"far side".

Is this a recent bug, or is it just a limitation of the functionality that
the hole callouts can't recognise which end of the hole you are looking at?

Regards,
John H

 

I do agree with the others that the Hole Callout is still lacking in
functionality, but in this case there is a legitimate answer (all tho I
don't like, and you probably won't it either)...

SW Hole Callouts follow ANSI Standards which say no Hidden Lines are to
be dimensioned...therefore everything is expected to be dimensioned
from the Near Side. So SW doesn't prevent you from dimensioning from
the Far Side, but the callout will be the same whether you are
dimensioning from the Near or Far side...so watch out.

Ken

 

What happens if you have a hole that is counterbored on the near side and
countersunk on the far side?

Regards,
John H

 

See near the bottom:
http://expatjokes.tripod.com/engineering.html

You need an Aux view ..

 

Yeah....but I meant that the hole callout would list the countersink, even
if it was on the opposite side and therefore hidden - it wouldn't comply
with the ANSI standard,

John