Alibre Design

Chapter 7 - Feature Creation8. Click OK to create the hole(s).‣ To add threads to a hole:1. In the Insert Hole dialog, choose the desired thread Series. Alibre Designsupports UNC, UNF, UNEF, UNS, Metric Course, Metric Fine, Metric Special, andNPT series threads.Note: Alibre Design does not include pre-defined thread definitions for all of thesethread types, although they are supported. You can create your own threaddefinitions by editing the Alibre Design thread definition file, alibre_unicode.thd.You can use Notepad to edit this file. A definition of the file format is embeddedwithin the file. This file is located in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\AllUsers\Application Data\Alibre Design\System Files.2. Choose the Type thread desired.3. Specify the Length of the thread. By default, the thread will extend the entirelength of the hole.4. Choose the Source to specify the diameter to use for modeling the hole. You maychoose from the minor, pitch, major, and drill tap diameters.5. Click OK to create the hole and define the thread.Note: The thread information is now included with the hole data. While agraphical representation of the threads is not displayed on the model, when the 2Ddetailed drawing is created from the 3D design, the threaded hole information willautomatically be called out see "Displaying Hole Callouts and Threads in Views" onpage 390 in the applicable orthographic view.7.13 Catalog FeaturesExtrude boss and cut features, hole features, sheet metal cut and dimple features, andsketches can be cataloged and reused in the same and other designs.190