In WF4 I was able to create a counterbored hole, and vary all diameter and depth dimensions by selecting the following settings. Using the simple hole icon (
) and then selecting the use standard hole profile as drill hole profile (
), the counterbore and countersink buttons became available and then I could create a counterbored hole with whatever dimensions I wanted. I didn't create it as a standard hole (
). Hopefully this is what you are looking for.
Below is the shape tab for the hole dashboard just before accepting to create the hole:
Hope this helps you out!
-Greg
Hi guys,
There's another way to do this that uses the 'standard hole' feature, which means basically that you get to choose a counterbore for a specific fastener size
and then tweak the various dimensions if desired. The only drawback is the actual clearance hole diameter is confined to either 'CLOSE FIT' or 'FREE FIT',
and these dimensions are locked to someone's vague idea of these terms.
My example uses a 1/4-20 SHCS. The trick lies in the unobvious (is that a word? PTC has made it necessary so now it's a word even if it wasn't)
'DESELECTING' of the TAP icon. This is the little target looking fella below the word SHAPE in the image below. The next step is to SELECT the
clearance hole icon you see depressed (below the P in Properties) and the c'bore icon at the end of the row. Then you can hit SHAPE as in Greg's
illustration and adjust the counterbore within the above limitations.
The only real benefit, if it can be considered such, is that there's an automatic NOTE attached to the feature which can easily be shown in the drawing.
This note has its own frailties and shortcomings, as you might expect, so this is not necessarily a whole-hearted endorsement of this method.
For my money, though, this seems to be PTC's intent for creating a standard counterbore feature and it's the method I use most.
Just another option to consider.
