Custom Hole Wizard Holes circa SW 2009 and beyond

Michael LaFleche — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:29:13 +0000

A customer asked be today if one can add more holes to the SolidWorks Hole Wizard database. My first answer to him was yes, it can. Remembering how to accomplish this in the past, by going into the SolidWorks Tools… Options one could go to the Hole Wizard / Toolbox folder and directly edit the database. I found myself struggling with how to actually edit the database tables made available to the user though a slick interface designed by SolidWorks. Well, as it turns out, fir first thing you need to do is to make a copy of the International Standard that most closely matches the items that you most commonly use. I selected the ANSI Inch standard. Then I looked around for the “Copy Standard” button, which I could not seem to find. After a few minutes of hunting around, I found it; it was a pair of double folders, about 10 microns square in size. So rather than ramble further, I made a video for you to enjoy so you could see how I added a custom 1 inch 20 pitch thread hole to the database, which is dot available in our standard ANSI Inch database. Follow this link to enjoy the video: http://www.screencast.com/t/jiiYZTKKSC9

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Custom Hole Wizard Holes circa SW 2009 and beyond