Tapped hole dimensioning?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by pete, Sep 23, 2003.

  1. pete

    pete Guest

    Helllooo!
    Right! I have just used the hole wizard to put two 4mm tapped holes into a
    piece of extruded box section.
    but when I put this into a drawing file it just puts a 4mm diameter hole
    dimension, if I add hole details it adds the 3.3mm hole tapping dimension,
    but only as a hole size dimension.When I zoom in the is the C around the
    hole to show that there is a thread, but on a long length these can easily
    be missed or even worse mistakenly drilled at 4mm.
    Is there a simple way of stating that these are 4mm tapped holes
    automatically?
    Thanks
    Pete
     
    pete, Sep 23, 2003
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  2. pete

    kenneth b Guest



    use "hole callout" instead of "dimension"
     
    kenneth b, Sep 23, 2003
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  3. pete

    Dave H Guest

    It sounds like you're using the dimension command to call out the tapped
    hole. If you're using 2003 or later use the "insert hole callout" command
    from the insert menu or the icon on the annotations toolbar.

    Dave H
     
    Dave H, Sep 23, 2003
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  4. pete

    pete Guest

    thanks :)!
     
    pete, Sep 24, 2003
    #4
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