You can use the
SolidEdge Hole Recognition page of the Import wizard to recognize holes in imported
SolidEdge parts, as shown in
this example.
SolidEdge hole recognition is different from Feature Recognition because it uses additional data from the SolidEdge model, instead of using just the solid data. This enables you to recognize non-geometric information, such as threads for tapped holes.
Note: You must have SolidEdge installed and licensed on your computer to use SolidEdge hole recognition.
SolidEdge hole recognition has some limitations:
- Only holes that were created using SolidEdge hole wizard are recognized automatically. Holes that were created as extrusions have to be recognized using
FeatureCAM's automatic feature recognition.
-
FeatureCAM recognizes SolidEdge patterns only if those patterns can be mapped to a
FeatureCAM pattern.
To complete this page:
- To use SolidEdge hole recognition, select
Use SolidEDGE to extract information about the hole types
and dimensions.
- Select
Suppress recognized holes in the imported model to suppress the holes after they have been recognized. This removes the holes from the solid model so they are not recognized again if you use Feature Recognition.
- If you do not want to perform hole recognition using SolidEdge, select
Use
FeatureCAM to recognize the holes later.
- Click
Finish to close the wizard.
Note: It may take some time to start up SolidEdge and recognize the holes.