Why "thru all"?

[Jay Guthrie]

I've never seen "thru all" used as a callout before SW started doing it in
with hole wizard. Is this some kind of ansi or other standard? I've also
noticed that for some reason it's calling out just "thru" on some holes and
thru all with others. Up to next seems to get called out as "THRU", all the
time.

I like how the prefix callout works with multiple holes. i.e. "2X M8 DRILL
THRU" except, I don't like having the "DRILL" word in there. Is have
having the word "DRILL" some kind of standard? How do they know it's not
"MILL THRU"? To get rid of the "DRILL" I right click, display options,
define by geometry, and it gets rid of the word "DRILL" but it also
eliminates the nice 2X prefix.

Anyone have any luck with tapped holes callouts working with mirrored parts?
They don't seem to work for me. Been detailing a lot of mirrored parts with
tapped holes lately and what a pain to have to manually type in tapped
callouts. Then when you change something, the callouts have to be manually
changed. It must be what they call manual parametric?

Just trying to find the logic here is all.

I hope the automatic detailing features in 2005 improve on hole wizard a
lot.

Jay

 

[Corey Scheich]

I SECOND ALL THAT!!!!

Is the multiple hole callout new to 2004? We haven't switched over yet.

Corey

 

[Dave H]

Some of the callouts can be controlled through the txt file Solidworks
uses for this purpose. In the program Files\SolidWorks\Lang\English (or
?) directory are two files named calloutformat.txt and
calloutformat_2.txt. The first one is the one Solidworks uses for hole
callouts in drawings. The second one (_2) is a simpler version. Make
copies of these files in another location (for backup) and then rename
the original calloutformat_2.txt file to calloutformat.txt and give it a
try. This is the version I prefer. You can customize these files to
change how they work.

Good Luck,
Dave H

 

[Sean-Michael Adams]

Hi Jay,

I also find some of the hole wizard callouts hilarious. I am
particularly tickled by the "THRU ALL" thing. This is so much better
than just saying "THRU". While THRU ALL could be useful with
interrupted cuts, how often does this actually happen in real life
(much less often than a simple thru hole)?

I too have found myself really wishing the callout would prefix the
quantity IE - add the 4X for me. Obviously this would not be
difficult to count the hole wizard points and have it report this
number.

My most favorite (nice - double superlative) is the default for the
counterbored holes - BLIND. How many times does anyone need a blind
counterbore? 1 out of 1500 or so?

Also along these lines, when sheet metal is defined, default to thru
and omit this from the callout. Blind sheet-metal holes are the
exception, not the rule. This is a sad case of the creator not being
the user, else these oddities would get weeded out in a hurry.

I hope the automatic detailing features in 2005 improve on hole wizard a
lot.

Hope away - I will hope with you.

Regards -

SMA

 

[Corey Scheich]

Also along these lines, when sheet metal is defined, default to thru
and omit this from the callout. Blind sheet-metal holes are the
exception, not the rule.

Yet if you want to make an angled cut say a ground chamfer on an edge it
cuts strait through.