disable certain hole wizard tapped hole sizes?

What would be the best way to prevent a user from selecting certain
tapped hole sizes in the hole wizard? I would rather not actually
delete any of the tapped hole sizes but rather disable or hide certain
ones that we do not want used.

Thanks, Sam

 

Sam,
Open SWX, Go to "System Options, Data Options, Edit Standards Data, Expand
"Ansi Inch", Expand "Hole Wizard Holes" Expand "Tapped holes", Pick "Tapped
Hole", Pick "Sizes", Disable the ones you don't want. You can pretty much
Disable anything in Toolbox. I have created several different standards for
my various customers for tapped holes, bolt lengths etc.

Good Luck
Mike Eckstein

 

That is exactly what I tried to do before posting but it will not let
me do anything in that edit data window. When I get down to the section
showing the tables for bottoming tapped holes and tapped holes there is
a yellow lock icon next to the entry for each table and I cannot do
anything. It appears that my tables are read only and I cannot make any
changes. Do you see the yellow lock icon when you edit your tables?
When you say "Disable the ones you don't want", do you mean that you
actually see a button or check box labeled "disable". I do not see
anything like that. I forgot to include that I am using 2004sp3.0.

Thanks,

 

Sam,
I see the yellow lock, but pick the locked "tapped hole" anyway. You
should get 2 options coming up, "general" and "sizes" pick "sizes". You
should then see all the different sizes with the option to "disable". I
believe the lock means you cannot delete the Ansi standard data. This is the
way it works in 2005,..... 2004??? you may have to create a derived standard
and go from there.

Mike

 

I am going to assume this is a limitation in 2004 because I am just
not seeing the picks you are talking about, thanks for trying to
help...Maybe I will install 2005 and start checking it out to see if it
is time to implement it where I work.

Thanks again...