Hi everyone I am currently adding standarized helicoil holes into my design data in thread.xls. In however for each size helicoil I have I need a standard countersink added to the hole. Does anyone know where I can define a standard countersink?
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I've seen that, the reason I can't use that is I need the data to be accessable from multiple computers (all the draftsmen in the company). I am really looking for where Inventor would store data about countersinks so that it populates automatically. Or if there is a way for me to add columns in the threads.xls file.
I could not find a similar post here where I believe I shared my helicoil table I helped set up. If you already have a table, that's great then. @CGBenner do you know how I can find that? I am not sure if you have better tools to query.
What I did, due to the lack of alternatives in the software without customization (API plugins, etc.), is set up the columns for designation with more (extra) information so that the users could read that and set up their own countersink. But again, you have to rely on instructing the users to pick from the pull-down menu the size, read the extra information on it, and use it to apply on the dimensions of the countersink.
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thanks @Gabriel_Watson I will definitely do that. Just spitballing here since I am new to inventor. Would it possible to write some sort of iLogic to take the name data and place it in the respective fill boxes?
Also since you couldn't find your own thread table here is mine. I got all the numbers on it off of the Stanley Engineered Fastening Helicoil Catalog. They are on the ANSI thread page. I do have a few columns missing cause i didn't understand the difference. If you have suggestions for how to fill in the extra columns I am all ears.
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Is this the thread? (pun intended)
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Thank you so much! Yes, exactly that one thread.
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/using-different-object-styles-on-a-drawing-based-on-ho...
Everything is explained there, @ZacRocket. But feel free to ask if needed. The column I was using was the Size Suffix for the extra info.
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I had to write my own program to do a post creation countersink addition since I couldn't access the Hole tool. All I required was adding another section in thread.xls for the Hole Heads.
It might be a worthwhile endevor rather than just reading the manual values out of the name.
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