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    <title>topic Re: Custom Hole for 3D print heat inserts in Inventor Programming - iLogic, Macros, AddIns &amp; Apprentice</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6587307"&gt;@PatrickCampbellCoral&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;,&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Hoping that below forum discussion would be helpful&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/family-driven-ifeature-with-custom-parameter/td-p/6730770" target="_blank"&gt;https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/family-driven-ifeature-with-custom-parameter/td-p/6730770&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Thanks and regards,&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>chandra.shekar.g</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-02-06T08:56:01Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Custom Hole for 3D print heat inserts</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/custom-hole-for-3d-print-heat-inserts/m-p/8569952#M94003</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I typically design CNC metal parts, but most of them get 3D printed with FDM ABS/ASA/Nylon prior to machining. Instead of tapping the plastic, I use Ultraserts II, available from McMaster.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;In some cases, I need to create 2 versions of the design, one for CNC, one for FDM. In the CAD model, I design for CNC and then replace tapped holes with holes for the heat inserts, down at the bottom of the feature tree. Then I roll up the "End of Part" marker for CNC, drop it down for FDM.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;The heat insert cutout I use is from the manufacturer's spec, but it always requires 2 hole features to accomplish the cutout. I also use a slightly tweaked cutout uses 3 hole features, shown below:&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Capture.PNG" style="width: 999px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/598728i18A03FE923312BB7/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;amp;px=999" role="button" title="Capture.PNG" alt="Capture.PNG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;I created an iFeature for this, but it is a pain to do each hole, one at a time. And the feature only works for one insert part number, where I have about 12 parts I commonly use. I just want to create a sketch, add sketch points (based on existing holes), end sketch and apply the iFeature for all points, but I don't know how to do it that way.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;Any tips on how to do this?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 20:28:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>PatrickCampbellCoral</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-02-03T20:28:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Custom Hole for 3D print heat inserts</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/custom-hole-for-3d-print-heat-inserts/m-p/8576210#M94104</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6587307"&gt;@PatrickCampbellCoral&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;,&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Hoping that below forum discussion would be helpful&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/family-driven-ifeature-with-custom-parameter/td-p/6730770" target="_blank"&gt;https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/family-driven-ifeature-with-custom-parameter/td-p/6730770&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Thanks and regards,&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:56:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-programming-ilogic/custom-hole-for-3d-print-heat-inserts/m-p/8576210#M94104</guid>
      <dc:creator>chandra.shekar.g</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2019-02-06T08:56:01Z</dc:date>
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