In the weldment attached Item #18 is 6 of the same bodies with the same hole spacing. I modeled it with three parts in their correct location, added the holes in those three parts using the one hole wizard feature. Because I used the same feature on all three bodies when I go to the drawing and use hole callout it shows six holes rather than two. I understand why this is happening, I think maybe I'm just looking for a better way to do this.
Hello,
I would create one L angle with holes (delete the 2nd group and remove the 2nd line from the 1st group and then edit HW and remove the extra 4 points), then linear pattern the next one, then mirror the linear pattern.
Adjust the existing final mirror for these 3 bodies:
Using the measure option, I created a GV for the beam spacing and used this for the linear pattern distance:
The mirror is done using a midplane, created using the two beam faces (I didn't hide the plane for this post, but I normally do):
Now there is one body with two holes and this is replicated 6 times, but HW is just 2:
Kevin
SW2020 attached.
This is the way Hole Wizard works. The number of points in the hole location sketch is the number the callout will display (mirroring will also add to the count). If you want to have the holes only call out as 3 then I would suggest creating (what I call) a master sketch then use hole wizard to put the holes in using multiple hole wizard features.
Thanks for the info. I did not know it worked off the
points.
As indicated above, if the pieces are supposed to be identical then it's best to finish one, then pattern and/or mirror it. I wanted to point out that you should be sure to pattern or mirror the bodies initially instead of the feature (see the screenshot below from Why am I having problems with the Pattern (or Mirror) feature in my Part? ; that's a frequent stumbling block for new users).
Hello,
I would create one L angle with holes (delete the 2nd group and remove the 2nd line from the 1st group and then edit HW and remove the extra 4 points), then linear pattern the next one, then mirror the linear pattern.
Adjust the existing final mirror for these 3 bodies:
Using the measure option, I created a GV for the beam spacing and used this for the linear pattern distance:
The mirror is done using a midplane, created using the two beam faces (I didn't hide the plane for this post, but I normally do):
Now there is one body with two holes and this is replicated 6 times, but HW is just 2:
Kevin
SW2020 attached.