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Featurev2.25

Hole Wizard, patterns and mirror

Standard ISO metric holes (clearance, counterbored, countersunk, tapped) placed by clicking a face, and linear patterns, circular patterns and mirrors of extrudes, cuts and holes, or of the whole body.

After: Editing a part: before, the toolbar ends at Fillet, Chamfer and Shell; after, Hole, Linear, Circular and Mirror follow, here a linear pattern of an M6 counterbored hole, four along X.
Before: Editing a part: before, the toolbar ends at Fillet, Chamfer and Shell; after, Hole, Linear, Circular and Mirror follow, here a linear pattern of an M6 counterbored hole, four along X.
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Patterns
The Hole Wizard: the top face picked, one M6 counterbored hole placed at −30, −15 with its Ø6.6 and Ø11 circles, and the type, size, fit and end condition in the PropertyManager.
Hole Wizard
A circular pattern of the hole, 6 round the Y axis at 60°, previewed on the block.
Circular pattern

The Hole Wizard drills into a flat face. Click the face, then click where each hole goes (on a 0.5 mm grid), and type exact positions in the PropertyManager. Sizes run from M2 to M12, or a custom diameter, using the same tables as the app's screws:

• Clearance holes follow ISO 273, with close, normal and loose fits.

• Tapped holes use the ISO 2306 tap drill and carry their thread callout.

• Counterbores fit ISO 4762 socket heads, and countersinks fit ISO 10642 heads.

A hole goes through all, or is blind with the 118° drill point. Each one is cut as one exact solid. For example, an M6 counterbored hole through 20 mm removes π(5.5²·6.4 + 3.3²·13.6) = 1,073.49 mm³, which is what the kernel measures.

Linear pattern copies features along X, Y or Z, with an optional second direction, so a 4 × 2 grid is one feature. Circular pattern copies them round an axis through the origin, equally spaced over 360° or spread over any angle. Mirror copies features, or the whole body, about the Front, Top or Right plane or a picked face. A patterned cut cuts and a patterned boss adds, and deleting a copied feature updates the patterns built on it.

Added
  • Added the Hole Wizard: ISO clearance, counterbored, countersunk and tapped holes, M2 to M12
  • Added linear and circular patterns, and mirror of features or the whole body
Try it

Edit a part, click Hole, click the top face, click a spot on it, then Linear with 4 instances.

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