Inventor HSM Pro allows the selection of cylindrical faces where an axis or plane is required. This can be quite helpful when selecting drill hole geometry or when defining a tool view.
The easiest way to use the drill feature is to select the cylindrical faces of the holes to drill directly. This automatically sets the correct stock height and depth for each hole, and allows having holes in different planes and different depths in a single drill feature. Additionally, this enables the Select same diameter option, which makes it easy to select many similar holes.
Selecting hole geometry from a single cylindrical face
When defining a tool view from an angle where no planar surface or plane feature is available, you can select a cylindrical face as the tool view orientation. This method uses the axis of the hole for the tool view Z axis.
Setting a tool view from a cylindrical face
In most cases, a conical face can be used in place of a cylindrical face.