Recognizing a Hole

You can recognize a hole by selecting the Holes option in the Feature Recognition dialog box.

This task shows you how to recognize two holes in a single step.

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More About Recognizing a Hole

  1. Click Manual Feature Recognition .

    The Feature Recognition dialog box that appears displays a list of features you can recognize.

    Important: Using this product release, the features you can recognize are the following ones:
    • Pad
    • Pocket
    • Hole
    • Fillet
    • Chamfer
    • Shaft
    • Groove
    • Boolean
    • Draft

  2. Select the Holes option.

  3. Select both faces as shown.



    Important: As the Chain Faces option is activated, the application includes propagated faces in the selection. This is why the Selected Objects box shows a list of ten faces. All selected faces are highlighted in the geometry area too.

  4. Click OK to confirm and close the dialog box.

    Two hole features have been recognized. Hole.1 and Hole.2 have been added to the specification tree, meaning that it is now possible to edit these features.