topic Re: Presspull blind hole in AutoCAD Forum

Presspull blind hole

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 12:19:02 GMT

Hi There,

Screencast below..

I am trying to create a hole in a solid that does not go all the way though, ie the part is 22mm thick and I want an 18mm hole in the object.

Firstly I drew the shape of the object, and then the holes in 2d lines, and then extruded to 22mm.

I have successfully used presspull to create a number of recesses, so then I moved onto the holes.

I selected presspull, selected inside the circle, moved the extrusion upwards so I could see it, then entered -18 and hit enter.

This worked perfectly, just like the previous recesses I created.

However, I cannot repeat this on any of the other circles no matter what I try.

Either the circle disappears for some reason or nothing changes.

Was it wrong to create the holes whilst still in 2d?

I have no idea why this worked the first time and now I cannot replicate it.

Thanks, Shane.

Re: Presspull blind hole

Darin.Green — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 14:33:54 GMT

If the 2D holes are part of a block? If so, explode the block and try again.

Re: Presspull blind hole

imadHabash — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 15:01:20 GMT

Hi and Welcome to AutoDesk,

this usually happened depending on the way that you are proceed with. as attached screencast you can see that this problem happened if you select the circle itself BUT if you select the area exist inner the circle this will do what you want.

Re: Presspull blind hole

john.vellek — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 14:56:09 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

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Re: Presspull blind hole

widmant — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:23:35 GMT

Hello,

Simply draw the circle in a space away from the part, presspull to the length you require, copy and position at each location the pins, then subtract all the pins you just created by using subtract command. You will select the part you are keeping, and select enter, then the parts you wish to remove, press enter again, and presto, you have your pocket holes.