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Hole Function

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dragonstar.aaron
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Hole Function

I am working with the 2010 Inventor Student license but I ran into a problem that is really annoying. Inventor will not let me make a hole on the top of my object. The hole conformation button is grayed out no matter what the parameters are. I have tried to extrude a hole from a circle and same deal; it will not let me extrude the circle. Can someone help me? Could it be something to do with making a hole on an extrusion?

 

Thanks,

-Aaron

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When I move the EoP and Sketch 5 to 2nd place (just above Extrusion 1) I can make an hole. 
I guess I don't know why it happened. But I know something is wrong. 


Can';t really help. Sorry.

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Message 3 of 12
Cadmanto
in reply to: dragonstar.aaron

It wouldn't let me do it either.  Not sure, but this might be a short coming of the educational version.

Try doing a revolved cut instead.  That works.

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Message 4 of 12
-Aaron-
in reply to: dragonstar.aaron

Edited, sorry, I  misunderstood where he was putting the hole...

 

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Message 5 of 12
dragonstar.aaron
in reply to: -Aaron-

Hmm This could be a problem. Same parameters just I can't make that hole.

Message 6 of 12
-Aaron-
in reply to: dragonstar.aaron

Is that where you would place the mentioned hole??  Select the concentric edge and it should align that hole correctly...

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Message 7 of 12
-Aaron-
in reply to: dragonstar.aaron

I am also able to use the sketch you have on the side to create the hole without moving EOP or sketches...

aaron_hole function.png

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Message 8 of 12
cbenner
in reply to: dragonstar.aaron

Where exactly are you making this hole?  What method are you using?  Mot sure of this has anything to do with it or not, but I'm surprised your Revolution1 worked at all since the sketch is an open loop.  I tried moving the EOP around like some others did, and the revolution failed.  Were you trying to put a concentric hole on this feature?

 

EDIT:

 

Once I rebuilt the revolution, the hole feature worked just fine.....

Message 9 of 12
dragonstar.aaron
in reply to: -Aaron-

I was actually trying to follow the tutorial in Part 1 but the hole function didn't like it.

Message 10 of 12
JDMather
in reply to: Cadmanto


@Cadmanto wrote:

.... this might be a short coming of the educational version.


Haven't we covered this before?  There is absolutely, positively no difference in functionality between commercial license and student license.

There is no "education version".  Only the license terms of use are different.


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Message 11 of 12
JDMather
in reply to: cbenner


@cbenner wrote:

....but I'm surprised your Revolution1 worked at all since the sketch is an open loop....


 

 

Many of the Extrude and Revolve will work with open profiles if Match Shape is checked.  But in this case it seems to be a bug.

 

Match Shape.PNG

 


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Message 12 of 12
cbenner
in reply to: JDMather

I guess I've never seen that before.  But when I closed the loop and redefined the feature, the hole command worked as expected on the part.  So, that made me suspect the feature as being part of the problem.

 

I learned something new today. 

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