How to replicate the angle of a hole feature

[dainton]

Hi all,

I'm modelling up a pretty basic part where all faces are either parallel or perpendicular to each other except for one face which is at an angle. This angled face has a hole feature in it which is perpendicular to the angled surface. There are 2 other faces that require holes to be in them (shown below with sketches on them) but at the same angle as the angled face and so they will not be perpendicular to their respective faces. Is it possible to achieve this using the hole feature?

Thanks in advance for any advice on this.

Regards,

Chris

Angled face with hole

[andrewiv]

Unless you put your sketch on a plane or face that is at the correct angle you won't be able to do this with the hole command.  You could use the plane shown through the center of the part to create a sketch and revolve/cut the holes.

[Cadmanto]

The short answer is "No".

Your best bet is to create a revolved cut on a plane going through the center of the part.

Then you can control the angle of the axis that the feature will revolve around.

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[JDMather]

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@dainton wrote:

There are 2 other faces that require holes to be in them (shown below with sketches on them) but at the same angle as the angled face and so they will not be perpendicular to their respective faces. Is it possible to achieve this using the hole feature?

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Yes, this is easy.

Attach your *.ipt file here if you can't figure it out.

[dainton]

Thanks for your replies both.

I'd originally drawn the points on the angled sketch surface expecting all points to be at the surface but they're not and the features appear inside the body. 

So I've managed to bring the counter bores to the surface, just need to figure out how to alter the depth of each individual counter bore. 

[dainton]

Hi JDMATHER,

I've attached the .ipt and your help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[JDMather]

What version of Inventor are you using?

[dainton]

It's a student version of 2018 (if the student part makes a difference).

[JDMather]

I don't have 2018 on this machine - I can post an example tomorrow..

Select a Workpoint for the hole location and the angled face for direction.

Make sure you set the Extend Start.

[dainton]

That would be great, thank you very much.

Do the work points exist on 2018 btw? edit: found them, just need to figure out how they work.

Tomorrow's task I think. 

Thanks for your help so far.

[JDMather]

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@dainton wrote:

Do the work points exist on 2018 btw?

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Yes.

If I don't post a 2018 video in the morning - bump this thread back to the top.

[swalton]

I think you will need to create 3 individual holes, not gang them up in one feature.  See @JDMather 's example.  

[SBix26]

I'm not too good with creating videos, so I just created the part as @JDMather proposes.  See attached 2018 version file.

And, there are other ways to do this, too.  But @swalton  is correct, they all involve creating separate hole features since they are not coplanar.

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@dainton 

[dainton]

Thanks JDMather! That's exactly what I was looking for! 

I don't think that's something I would stumble upon as a solution without someone with your knowledge showing me.

If it was easy then everyone would be doing it I suppose ‌‌

Thanks to all the other who posted too.