Punching Holes
 

Can someone please tell me how to make thse type of holes on inventor?

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Re: Punching Holes
 

You for the punched face, you could put a filet on it.

for the other side, you could extrude a ring, and then put a filet on either side of it.

I just tested it now, and was able to make a decent looking dimple dye (that is what they are called, right?) hole. I can't make the exact radius as I don't have any punched pieces in front of me, but I bet you can handle it.

Re: Punching Holes
 

You could extrude with a taper and do a rectangular pattern if you have to make many of them.

Re: Punching Holes
 

Thanks for all the help. I'll try that tomorrow (when I have the software available to me) and tell if I could do it

Re: Punching Holes
 

Good suggestions if you want it to be symmetrical. However, it appears to me that they are slightly offset.;) For this effect I would use a loft. I will agree with the others, though, in saying that the tapered extrusion will work just fine.

Re: Punching Holes
 

If you know the angle of the punch, the "hole" feature with a countersink would work. If you only know the two diameters of the holes, loft would be fine, as would a revolve that cuts (but that involves sketching off of an odd location).

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If you are going to go to that much effort there is still one alternative. Just extrude and then chamfer.

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I think in the sheet metal feature, there is a "Punch" feature. Try that as well.

Re: Punching Holes
 

The loft worked better than perfectly! Thanks

I made 2 sketches and connected the two together with loft and it worked!
I'll be done making all the holes by tomorrow.

Re: Punching Holes
 

The Hole tool with countersink is the best option. You don't even need any sketches, so it's fast and simplest to process.

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Though it needs less complicated sketches, it still needs them. Otherwise it does not know where to put the hole.:rolleyes:

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The Hole tool allows you to define the location of the hole by inputting the distances between the hole center and surface edges. I don't remember what the option is called, but the Hole dialog box has a drop down menu to choose how the hole location is defined.

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That is interesting, I will check into that. I have yet to hear about that ability. How many years have you been learning Inventor?

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You can just use the hole tool and make it a counter sink.
the easy way

Re: Punching Holes
 

I started Inventor 2 years ago, in 9th grade. But don't think it takes that long to learn Inventor at an advanced level--I'd say that I learned 90% of my Inventor knowledge in only a few months, when I really looked through the manuals that came with the program, and followed some of Sean Dotson's and J. D. Mather's tutorials.