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IV10Sp3a - Need some iFeature vs iPunch help for a simple slot - zip attached

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pkquat
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IV10Sp3a - Need some iFeature vs iPunch help for a simple slot - zip attached

Attached are two parts and an iFeature that I keep in the "Punch" folder and use as a punch. It is common that clearance holes need to turn into slots and vice versa. The centerpoint is the perfect locator for both. The problem is I have not found a good way to place an iFeature slot on a centerpoint as easy as I do an iPunch. This means I have to convert the part to sheet metal and then back again.

Is there an easy way to place a slot, or a similar slot like this with an iFeature? ie as easy as the Hole Feature or iPunch Feature?

The other thing I do is add an axis and plane thought the center points to aid in constraining. If I remember correctly it was not possible to include work geometry in an iFeature (at least with version 10)

Pete
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Anonymous
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Is the CC slot feature an option for you?
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pkquat
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Not yet.

Until more people praise CC and there are less issues between releases, we have no plans to use the CC.

Pete

-Bump since this was a late evening post
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JDMather
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I routinely make all iFeatures as though they will be Punches. I once got the bright idea that I would customize the Part Features Panel Bar and drag the Punch tool icon there, but alas it didn't work from the Modeling Environment, only Sheet Metal Environment. I just go back and forth now to gain the "Holes-like" simplicity of placing certain iFeatures. Maybe someday....

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pkquat
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I did the same thing with the punch tool and there is a thread burried somewhere in here about it. The funny thing was the guys at Autodesk could use it in their part features panel bar . Alas, I think it was before R11 even, and have not heard that this is possible in 2008 yet.

Pete
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michmaju
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@Anonymous wrote:
I routinely make all iFeatures as though they will be Punches. I once got the bright idea that I would customize the Part Features Panel Bar and drag the Punch tool icon there, but alas it didn't work from the Modeling Environment, only Sheet Metal Environment. I just go back and forth now to gain the "Holes-like" simplicity of placing certain iFeatures. Maybe someday....

Has anything changed in the current revision?

Matthew
INV 2013

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