how to move and copy a hole

how to move and copy a hole

ken
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how to move and copy a hole

ken
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I'm having a heck of a time just moving and copying holes that I have extruded through a flat sheet panel.  To try and move a hole I select it in the drawing and right click and do MOVE/COPY.  The move/copy dialog pops up along with the up/sideways arrows on the drawing which I can grab, but the hole panel is highlighted blue and the panel moves, not the hole.  There is no way for me to select a hole it seems.  How do I do this.

 

After I figure that out, I'd like to copy one or more holes.  From above, the move/copy dialog shows up, but there is nothing in that dialog that says how to copy, only to move (which moves the panel)

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etfrench
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To move a hole by dragging and dropping, make sure you only have the face of hole selected.  That being said, it's much better to use dimensions in a sketch to move a hole (or other geometry).  Fusion 360 is a parametric modeler, so make use of the parameters 😁  If the holes you want to create by copying and will be in a regular pattern, then use the Pattern tools with the 3d modeled holes.  If they are not in a regular pattern, then simply draw and dimension circles in a sketch.

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jhackney1972
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There is no way to copy a hole, but you can move it all day long.  There is a way to copy the sketch points that you create holes with as well as move them.  Take a look at the Screencast to understand what I am saying.  Try you best to add multiple holes using patterns for efficiency.

John Hackney, Retired
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ken
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This did the trick.  I was not aware of the "faces" selection and then click on the face of the hole to move it.  Perfect!  Thanks. 

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ken
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I tried to use sketch to solve this problem, but I have another problem in that I don't know how to update my sketch (actually I seem to have 3 of them).  If I click on sketch, I get an earlier version of the design and in addition, I am not able to move any holes in the sketch drawing,  If I click on the hole in the sketch, and right click and do move/copy, the dialog to move pops up, but I can't move the hole, there are no values in the dialog or arrows on the drawing to allow me to move.  Also the hole seems to be constrained in that there is a dimension in parenthesis that I can't change.

 

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