Create PIOHoles

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Create PIOHoles will create cutting holes with the offset profile of selected surface. The hole can be created on a solid body in a part or a component body in an assembly.


Procedures


  1. On the ribbon, click STS tab > Utilities panel > Create PIOHoles.
  2. Select a face to define the hole cutting direction.
  3. Select entities that that defines the area of cut. The entities can be a face, an edge or points.
  4. Set cut profile by shifting the PD value.
  5. Select the target solid body that the cut pocket will be cut into.
  6. Enter the parameters for the cut pocket.
  7. Click to create the IHole cut pocket.


Parameters:

Offset option

  1. Associative - If checked, changes on the selected entity will reflected on the cutting pocket profile.
  2. Offset - Amount of offset.
  3. Tol - Tolerance in creating the offset profile.

Depth parameters

  1. Thru - If checked, a through hole will be cut.
  2. Depth - Depth of hole, only available if Thru option is unchecked.
  3. TAngle - Tapper angle of the cut pocket.
  4. DOffset - Land offset where the tapper starts, only available if TAngle larger than 0.