Creating a Hole for a Volume

Hole for Volume lets you create a hole for a volume with up to three draft directions: a direction to press, a direction to assemble, and a direction to remove from the mold.

Before you begin:

Create a 3D shape containing a volume, a surface, and three draft directions.

  1. In the Support Volume box, select the volume.
  2. Select one of the following shapes: Round, Slot (elongated hole), Rectangular, or Square.

    The shape is defined on a plane and projected on the surface along the defined direction. The nearest projection is used.

  3. In the Center Point box, select a point.
  4. In the Support surface box, select a reference surface.
  5. In the Orientation box, define the orientation to align the major axis along the direction.
  6. By default, the Axis Computation check box is selected to automatically create an axis and direction lines passing through the center of the hole.

    One of the direction lines is created along the input orientation direction. The other direction line is created mutually perpendicular to the axis and the first direction line.

  7. Select the axis type.
  8. To create the axis along the punching direction, select the Axis Normal to Surface check box.

    The axis lines are created in the normal direction to the support surface.

  9. Optional: Define the draft directions and angles.
  10. Set the Trim Support check box.

    • Select Trim Support to split the volume support with the result of all the previously computed combined drafts.
    • Clear Trim Support to keep the combined drafts.

  11. Click OK to create the hole.

Note: If several solutions are possible, the solution with the minimum distance is chosen. If all distances are equal, a message is displayed, asking you to modify the point position.

 

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