Creating a Hole

Hole lets you create a hole on a catalog member or on a steel detailing feature.

  1. Select a positioning point on the neutral axis of a member.
  2. In the Hole dialog box, select the shape of the hole and specify the dimensions of the hole.
  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. To change the orientation of the hole and link it to another plane relative to the host member, click Snap Rotation To Next Plane .
  6. Align the hole in the U and V directions.
  7. Select the direction in which the material is removed for the hole.
    OptionDescription
    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.
  8. Click Hole Options and specify the offsets for the plate in the U, V, and W directions.

    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.

  9. Click Ok .

 

See Also
Creating Holes