SolidWorks Hole Wizard Tool_SolidWorks Tutorial 28

SolidWords CAD software is one of the best 3D model designing program which helps to create models and product designs with ease. To create such things, Holes for Bolts&nuts, screws, etc are important things to fastening in your designs. In this Solidworks Tutorial, I am going to give idea to use Hole Wizard SolidWorks with step-by-step tutorial images and explains the about Hole wizard features tool.

What is SolidWorks Hole Wizard Tool?

SolidWorks Hole wizard is placed feature which helps to create different types of holes like counter bore, counter sink, Straight tap, tapered tap, Pipe tap, legacy etc. You can set hole specifications and position with this feature tool and insert hole using pre-defined cross-section to your design or model. You can also customize the parameters of hole and save as your favorite option and then you can access this for adding to your model.

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Using Hole Wizard SolidWorks tool, users can create holes in both planar and non-planar surfaces. If you are creating holes in planar surface, it create 2D sketch and extrude normal to your surface. Like that, if you are selecting non-planar surface, resulting sketch is 3D sketch and only you can constrain with face, not with line.

Main applications or advantages of Solidworks hole wizard tool is that are helps to create countersink, counterbore, tap hole, pipe tap hole, legacy, straight tap etc. Here also I am going show how to use hole wizard tool for creating hole for hex bolt in Solidworks with step by step tutorial with images. This is just for an example and you can simply follow the same procedure for creating holes in your designs.

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Hole Wizard SolidWorks Video Tutorial

How to Use Solidworks Hole Wizard Tool

Step 1: Creating New Part File

Open Solidworks and create new part file. Then select default plane (e.g. Front Plane) and click “NormalTo” surface.

Step 2: Create Rectangle Sketch and Make it 3D

Go to sketch tool bar and select “center rectangle” and draw it on the solidworks graphics area. Give dimensions to rectangle using SmartDimension tool as “140 x 90 mm”.

Go to Features command manager and click on the “Extrude boss” and select the rectangle sketch to make it 3D rectangle box.

Step 3: Select SolidWorks Hole Wizard Tool

You can select the “Hole Wizard tool” using two options; one is through features toolbar and other is using menubar.

“Exit The Sketch” before going to features commandmanager.

Using Features Toolbar

Go to solidworks features command manager and click on the “Hole Wizard” tool.

Using Menubar

Go to “Insert” menubar, select the “features” and from the side drop down menu, select “Hole” and from that click on “Hole Wizard”.

Step 4: Apply Hole Wizard Tool for Creating Hex Bolt Hole

Then you can see the Hole Wizard Property manager and have two main tabs; Hole specification and position of hole. In the Hole specification, you can select which type of hole you need to create on the planar or non-planar surface.

Here I am going to create holes on the planar rectangular surface. I need to create Hex bolt hole and for that I select the “Counter bore” and also select “hex bolt” type. In hole specifications section, size is “1/4” and “normal fit” are set. End condition is set as “through all”. These settings are showed in below image also.

In the “Positions” tab, you can see “3D sketch” button, click on it and then go to your model and click on the location where you want to create hex bolt hole. You can see the sketch preview as in yellow color.

Click on the green tick button the Hole wizard property manager to complete creation of holes in rectangular plane surface.

You can also adjust the hole position using smart dimension tool. For that, go to FeaturesdesignTree manager and click right button of mouse on the “Hole Wizard”. Select “Edit Sketch” option and click on the Smartdimension tool to change the position of the hole.

If you can’t find it, click on its side plus button and click on “3D sketch” and edit it. From that also select smart dimension set your dimension from the both adjacent sides to get desired location for your center of the hole.

Final Image

This is Solidworks tutorials for creating varieties of holes in your model by using Hole Wizard features tool. This is only an example and by following the above steps you can also create other types of holes in solidworks.

Let us see each type of holes in using Hole Wizard SolidWorks feature.

Hole Types:-

Here, you can see each types of holes available in Hole Wizard property manager.

They are:-

The above shown SolidWorks tutorial shows how to create counterbore hole using this feature.

How to Create Countersink Hole | Hole Wizard SolidWorks Tutorial – 1

You have follow the step 1, 2 and 3 as shown in the above tutorial for creating 3D model. Then, You have to apply Hole Wizard SolidWorks feature tool.

Step-4: Create Socket Countersunk Head Cap Screw Hole

Here created a 3D cylinder model. Select the “Hole Wizard” from features command manager.

Select Hole type as “Countersink” hole as shown in the image above. Then you have to select standard as “ANSI Metric”. You can select as per your dimensional standard. After that, select type of screw like Flat Head screw, Oval head screw and socket countersunk head cap screw. End condition of hole also should be specified. Here selecting “Through all” option.  

You have to mention Hole specifications such as size and fit. You can select screw size ranging from M3 to M20. Fit are close, normal and loose fit are available.

Next step is to position your hole. You can select face for the countersink hole to create. If you want to make holes on multiple faces, you have click on 3D sketch any face and place the countersink holes on desired positions.

Here, going to make countersink holes on top face of the 3D cylinder. For that, click on top face of cylinder, once you selected the “Positions” sub-tab in Hole wizard property manager.

Then click on required positions using your mouse pointer to create countersink hole.

Also shows the section view of the countersink hole.

How to Create Straight Hole | Hole Wizard SolidWorks Tutorial – 2

Follow the step-1, 2 and 3 of the first tutorial, which shows how to create your model. For making all any holes, you need a solid body and it is the very first step and select Hole Wizard solidworks tool from features command manager.

Step-4 : Create Straight Hole

You have to select “Straight Hole” from Hole Type which marked on above image.

Hole Dimensional Standard: Select “ANSI Metric” dimensional standard.

Hole Type: Dowel Holes, Drill Sizes, Helicoil Tap Drills, Screw clearances and Tap drills. Here, selecting “Dowel holes” as the hole type.

Hole Specifications:-

Hole size: diameter = 5.0 mm (1.0 to 25 mm sizes available).

Hole type of fit: Nominal, clearances, transitional and press fits. Here selecting “Nominal” fit. You can also select hole fit and shaft fit.

End Condition: It also available as like other hole types. Here, selecting “Through All”.

Once, you completed setting up hole type, click on “Positions” Tab.

Then select face where you want to make dowel holes and click on it using mouse pointer. After that click green tick or OK.

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