Ken226
Alibre Super User
Am I the only one who thinks the hole tool is pretty bad?
I try to avoid having to use it. It makes my PC run sluggishly, and it requires too much work to do the simplest things.
An example:
So, I want to transfer a screw hole pattern of about 30 holes from one part to another. I open part A, activate the sketch containing the pattern and copy it with base point. Then I open the second part, create a sketch, then use the paste stamper to locate/create the pattern. Now I gotta use the hole tool to drop threaded holes, one-by-one, onto the part and try to figure out how to constrain each, to it's pasted sketch counterpart. Usually I create the sketch holes undersize, extrude cut, then edit the hole tool associated sketch and constraints them to the previously cut holes.
It would be great if the hole tool was just a Thread tool. If I could just skip the hole tool altogether, extrude cut the pasted sketch to create the holes, then use a "thread tool" to thread the extrude cut holes. Basically, doing the job once instead of twice.
Having access to the constraint and sketch tools while using the hole tool would be almost as good.
Maybe you guys disagree, or maybe there's a better way I could be doing this, but so far, I'm not a big fan of Alibre's workflow for creating big screw hole patterns.
I try to avoid having to use it. It makes my PC run sluggishly, and it requires too much work to do the simplest things.
An example:
So, I want to transfer a screw hole pattern of about 30 holes from one part to another. I open part A, activate the sketch containing the pattern and copy it with base point. Then I open the second part, create a sketch, then use the paste stamper to locate/create the pattern. Now I gotta use the hole tool to drop threaded holes, one-by-one, onto the part and try to figure out how to constrain each, to it's pasted sketch counterpart. Usually I create the sketch holes undersize, extrude cut, then edit the hole tool associated sketch and constraints them to the previously cut holes.
It would be great if the hole tool was just a Thread tool. If I could just skip the hole tool altogether, extrude cut the pasted sketch to create the holes, then use a "thread tool" to thread the extrude cut holes. Basically, doing the job once instead of twice.
Having access to the constraint and sketch tools while using the hole tool would be almost as good.
Maybe you guys disagree, or maybe there's a better way I could be doing this, but so far, I'm not a big fan of Alibre's workflow for creating big screw hole patterns.
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