holes thru to surface rel 2001

Okay, so the deathly silence must mean I cannot create a tapped hole up to a surface. As the surface the thread goes up to is curved, I guess I have to create a blind threaded hole through and beyond this surface, then create a surface trim to cut the portion of thread that extends too far.

Is there better way in WF?

Why would you want to go "Up to Surface"? What's wrong with using a value?

Because if I use a value the drawing will show the threads protruding thru the metal into fresh air.

: : : Okay, so the deathly silence must mean I cannot create a tapped hole up to a : surface. As the surface the thread goes up to is curved, I guess I have to : create a blind threaded hole through and beyond this surface, then create a : surface trim to cut the portion of thread that extends too far. : Well, since you asked about Wildfire.... No, nothing much has changed since the Standard hole (c'bore/tapped) started. Only, in Wildfire, if you make a thru hole with thru thread, it trims the thread off for you on curved surfaces. There's also a check box to show/not show thread surface (cosmetic part). Even with the thread not showing, the note correctly says that both hole and thread are thru. Seems like an improvement compared to what you're describing. Are you saying that, in

2001, you can't do a thru thread? or that when you do it, it doesn't trim to the surface?

David Janes

If you make the thread depth the same value as the surface, it can should not protrude into the fresh air. Or if you use "Thru All" the thread surface will stop when it reaches fresh air.

I can't do that. Its in the side wall of an electronic housing. If I select 'thru all' it goes through the entire housing, walls both sides. I want the thread to go thru just one wall. The back surface of the wall is not parallel to the front surface, it curves around a boss. So I need to trim the thread to the boss profile.

Yes you can do a thru thread, but if you want a thread thru one wall of a hollow box, and you don't want the thread to go right through the box, you cannot use 'thru all'. The only option is to use 'blind'. Trouble is a blind thread will not trim to the profile of the wall. If the internal wall of the hollow box is curved (not parallel to the outside wall), then 'blind' shows the thread hanging in fresh air inside the box.

David Janes

You don't get a 'thru next' option in the hole creation dialog box. This is not a cut with a cosmetic thread, it's a tapped hole. You only get 'blind' or 'thru all'.