Creating a Hole Pattern

Select a positioning point on the neutral axis of a member.

In the Hole Pattern dialog box, select the shape of the hole and specify the dimensions of the hole.

In the Hole Pattern dialog box, select the pattern of the holes.

In the Depth box, specify the depth of the hole.

Note: You can select the Automatically determine depth check box to automatically compute the depth of the hole based on the selected host and on any detailing feature attached to the host.

To position the origin of the U, V axes of the hole relative to the host, select any one alignment point.

Note: The alignment points that can be selected are displayed in the work area.

To change the orientation of the hole and link it to another plane relative to the host member, click Snap Rotation To Next Plane

.

Align the hole in the U

and V

directions.

Select the direction in which the material is removed for the hole.

Option	Description
Front side	Cuts the material on the positive side of the UV plane.
Back side	Cuts the material on the negative side of the UV plane.
Both sides	Cuts the material on both sides of the UV plane.

Click Hole Pattern Options

and specify the offsets for the plate in the U, V, and W directions.

Hole Pattern Options for rectangular hole pattern presents two additional spacing options:

In the Space Crossing U box specify the amount of extra space to be included in the space between the holes that are on the either side of the host member's axis U.
In the Space Crossing V box specify the amount of extra space to be included in the space between the holes that are on the either side of the host member's axis V.

Notes:

You can click to reset the offset values to zero.
You can select the Show additional alignment points check box to display the additional alignment points that can be selected.

Click Ok

.