Issue:
How to quickly convert circular holes to polygons for rivet?
Solution:
Circular holes can be converted to polygons by creating a custom polygonal feature and saving it as a UDF reuse.
- Create New File, select Part → Template [Blank], input Unique Name (A hexagonal shape is used as an example) and then click OK.
- To control the diameter of the hexagon hole, define a parameter via Tools → Equation Manager.
Variable input Name and Expression, then click OK. - Create a Sketch, in the Sketch environment:
Execute the command Polygon.
Place it in the drawing area, double-click the dimension, and assign the variable. - Extrude the Polygon.
- Execute the command Copy.
Select Copy entities from point to point for easy reuse the shape. - Execute the command Tools → UDF Wizard.
In User Defined Feature Wizard pop-up windows, select the New UDF, and input Feature Name,
then click Next. - Add desired features to the right-side driver column, and then click Next.
- Add desired expressions to the right-side driver column, and then click Next.
- Add desired references to the right-side driver column, and then click Next.
- Click Finish to complete UDF creation.
- Execute the command Tools → Insert UDF .
Choose the UDF created earlier, and then click OK. - Define the sketch plane by selecting the original sketch at the corresponding hole location,
then proceed to the next feature. - Define the extrude parameters, then proceed to the next feature.
- Copy the point to the other hole location.
- Execute the command Simplify, select the hole, and then OK.
- Execute the command Remove , select Base and Removed the polygon shapes, and then click OK.
The result is shown below.
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★How does one create multiple hexagon holes at once in ZW3D (since ZW3D 2027):https://confluence.zwcad.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=341051024


















