Sheet Metal pattern holes creation - help

[jeromecastaneda]

Hello dear inventors,

I have a challenge of creating a large amount of punch holes for sheet metal. Please see attached image for more info.

I'm facing performance issue when inserting punch hole to center points. It is also a pain when I patterned a hole or a set of holes.

I'll appreciate any help.

Is it possible to create a template of holes (like in the image) as a punch tool (ide)?

Thanks

Jerome 

[cvbt-thailand]

Jerome,

  Please clarify your work flow and your problem.  Are you creating a hole feature from a sketch?  Do all the holes have the same dimensions or are there more than one type of hole?  It looks like your forgot to attach a picture.  I saw a post from someone with a similar situation.  They created a hole pattern in AutoCAD and imported it into a sketch.  What happens when you click OK in the Hole dialog box?

[SBix26]

The attached file is Inventor 2011 format, EOP rolled up.  It's similar to what you're trying to do, though it is a full disk rather than a partial.  Note that because of the mirror and array features, there are coincident holes, which means a hole annotation note in the drawing will not have the correct number of holes.