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Thanks a lot for sharing.
Would you consider adding a "flip direction" button so that it can work antinormal to the sketch?
I'm sure putting in the flip is a good idea. I'll have a look at that over the weekend. It might be possible to have the code work out the direction itself, if not I'll add the flip. Watch this space.
Thanks for the feedback.
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
Small update for the issue described in previous posts whereby the feature will fail if a sketch is used that a body was extruded "up from" rather than "down into".
Example:-
The old version would work fine on left hand body, but fail on the right.
Features would be created below the sketch rather than above it! The through hole option would cause a complete failure as there is nothing to boolean into.
The updated version has a checkbox to "Flip Normal Direction", that will result in the features being generated above the sketch.
@ulrich_petri If you have a spare couple of minutes would you mind hitting the update feature option in your document and testing that the new version performs as you would wish?
As ever I hope this is useful, and if anyone has a problem or suggestion please don't hesitate to shout.
Cheers,
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1f9c312c2a22b9c3e6d350d2/w/7ab9048aa3617d42e5d237f2/e/6b6a63443330063ffe9c9b25
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
Regards, OwS.
HWM-Water Ltd
god features are helpful for the moment i am only using them but i hope one day doing them
a little question/request, is it possible to add the smart surface selection as the normal feature hole where it begins the hole when the surface begin as in this image.
where i can make a long distance plane and project the point where i want the hole and the feature "knows" where to begin the hole for the head of the screw
That is a great idea, I've got a few changes I want to make so I'll look at that too.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
Just wanted to drop in to say great job! I got a 3D printer for Christmas and have been adding these nut holes manually - your tool makes it so much easier.
Cheers!
-David
If you have any problems or suggestions please shout.
Cheers, Owen S.
HWM-Water Ltd
1 issue and 1 feature request.
Issue:
Even though I defined the target as the yellow part (wire box - front) the remove for the nut still targets the other parts there in blue (m3 bolts) when it shouldn't. Not a huge deal, but doesn't seem like this should be happening.
Feature Request:
my designs are generally for 3d printing, so when I create my "nut pockets" I'll chamfer the edges by .4-.8 like the image below. This helps ensure the nut insertion is easy and centered on the hole. Could you add this "chamfer edges" as an option?
HWM-Water Ltd
Thanks
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something like when you select hole with counterbored head and you select a point outside of the part and unselect the option beging from the sketch plane in 3D half of the time, at least myself i finish putting nuts in some weird surfaces, it could be really functional to add this option in the same way as is used with hole.
an image to show what i mean (for example for an sqaure nut):
Just needed to join to say thank you for this. This is my first FS script I've used, and this is simply fantastic, Great work!