Automatically create cutouts and holes
Pro
Description
Applies a drill operation within the complete scene (or selected items) to create holes and cutouts. This creates cutouts automatically for specific components, like hinges, bolts or a sink. It saves a lot of time and can prevent defects, such as holes in outdated locations or cutouts that were simply forgotten.
Note: The Drill function is available for users of Para-Flex Pro and higher.
Below is a basic introduction on the Drill feature. More details can be found in section Drill B, and after that, if specialistic ways to control the range of drilling shapes is needed, check section Drill C.
Conditions
- The drill functionality is only available for users of Para-Flex Pro and higher.
The Drill function explained
Based on specific elements in the model, cut outs can be created in every shape in IronCAD. For example furniture fittings or inserts that need space in a metal tube, wooden panel or an imported STEP model.
The impression to the right shows two drill-shapes drawn in the base of the hinge, resulting in two drilled cut outs in the side panel of a cabinet.
In short: the drill command cuts every IntelliShape with ‘HWDrill’ in its name, out of other Parts. Of course, with the exception of the Part that contains this HWDrill-shape itself.
A more detailed description is shown in the example below. There is one Part (‘Drilling Shape’) that contains a suppressed IntelliShape called ‘HWDrill’. In this example the shape of ‘HWDrill’ is exacly the same as the shown red cylinder. After executing the Drill operation, the geometry of the cylinder is cutted out of every shape in the Scene (in this case ‘Block 1’ and ‘Block 2’).
For more information, click here to go to Drill section B (opens in a new Tab).
