Inventor Feature to Create Hole and Place Part

[e_frissell]

Hi guys, so I've seen the design accelerator and how it can place o-rings into an assembly and then place the o-ring feature onto the part and was wondering if there's an easy way to replicate that kind of behavior but with custom parts?  For example I'm tired of looking up the hole size of a PEM stud and creating a custom hole (it could probably be created in the hole feature but bear with me here...) and I'd like to drop a PEM stud (created with model states) into my assembly and have it auto-create the hole in the part.  Is there any way to do that?

[jtylerbc]

While that would certainly be useful, I don't think there is currently a way to do that.  The Design Accelerators are able to do so for specific situations (O-rings, keys, etc.), but I don't think there is a way to create your own.

For hole sizes of your PEM studs, you might be able to add a new clearance hole standard to the Hole feature (this requires editing the spreadsheet that controls the hole feature, in this case Clearance.xls).  I did this a few years ago for the clearance holes for Parker Hannifin hydraulic bulkhead fittings.

I consider this a middle ground between doing everything manually and the "Design Accelerator" behavior you are requesting.  You don't have to look up the hole size anymore, but it won't automatically change the hole size when you change the stud size.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The closest workflow is to leverage Bolted Connection. You will need to author the stud as a fastener, publish it to CC in one of the standards (see the article https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Custom-Content-cen...).

But I am not sure if it would support a custom standard or anything other than ANSI/ISO/DIN.

Many thanks!