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Positioning holes in 3D

Positioning holes in 3D - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Positioning holes in 3D

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- [Man] There are two basic ways to use the Hole Wizard. Number one is by choosing a flat plane, and then adding holes to that plane, or we can operate in 3D space. If you're operating in 3D you can place holes on any surface in 3D. Now let me show you, how that works. Firs thing's first, come over here to features, click on the Hole Wizard, let's go ahead and just choose something like a tapped hole. So over here I'm going to choose a straight tap. Come down here to a bottom-tapped hole, and actually I'm going to switch over here to the inches system. Click over here on inch, here it is. And the size is going to be 1/4 inch. So let's use 1/4-20, all right, and instead of through all I'm just going to make it blind, 1/2 inch deep looks good, you have to drill a little bit deeper so you can tap the hole. All that looks great. Down here I'm going to add the thread callout, which looks fine. Alright, now we're ready to start placing our holes. So go over here to positions, and notice…

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