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Dialog boxes define values for placed features, such as the Hole dialog box in
the following illustration.
Hole Features
With Autodesk Inventor, you can create different types of holes:
■ Drill
■ Counterbore
■ Countersink
■ Spotface
You can specify hole depth using one of three termination options: Distance,
Through All, and To.
Use the Drill Point option to set flat or angle drill points.
Holes also can be classified as simple hole, clearance hold, tapped hole, or
taper tapped hole. However, you cannot create a taper tapped hole of
counterbore type.
When you create a tapped hole or taper tapped hole, the tap data is stored
with the hole, and the threads are displayed when any isometric view is active.
TRY IT: Create a hole feature on a part
1 With the project tutorial_files active, open the file Upper_Plate.ipt.
2 On the Part Features panel bar, click the Hole tool.
3 On the Holes dialog box, Placement, select Linear from the drop-down
list.
4 Click the Face button, and then in the graphics window, click the face
where you want to place the hole
5 Click an edge of the face to specify Reference 1, and then click another
edge of the face to specify Reference 2.
The reference dimensions from each edge are displayed. You can
double-click each dimension and enter changes to define placement of
the hole.
6 Select the first hole type, Drilled, and then enter a diameter of .25 in.
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