How To Use Hole Wizard Solidworks

National Pipage Thread Taper, normally known but equally NPT, is a U.S. standard for tapered threads used on threaded pipes and fittings. This standard is widely used all over North America. Pipe thread sizes are usually based on the inside diameter (ID) or flow size. The way to read an NPT size is the nominal within diameter and the number of threads per inch. For example, if we take a 1/4-18 NPT, that means it is a ane/4 inch inside diameter and 18 threads per inch. If LH is added to the end, it means the pipe has a left-handed thread.

Beingness from an area of Canada that is very heavily involved in the oil and gas industry, I end up talking about NPT fittings on a regular basis and I always get asked how to find the NPT thread in SOLIDWORKS. Luckily, the Pigsty Magician characteristic inside of SOLIDWORKS already has the designated library of NPT sizes and we but need to look in the right place!

Utilizing the Hole Wizard Feature

In one case we open upward the Hole Wizard feature, select the Tapered Tap option in the Pigsty Type section. Ready the standard to ANSI Inch, set up Type to Tapered Tap Pipe Tap and in the pigsty specifications, select the desired size in inches.

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The side by side step is the End Condition which defines the total length of the thread, it tin can be left as the default value or customized to a specific distance. Some other option that can be checked on is the cosmetic thread nether the Options menu. It can exist gear up to With or Without Thread Callout.

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If the With Thread Callout option is selected, the specific thread callout can be customized or left as default. Click OK to accept the Hole Wizard feature. In order to edit the callout, right-click and edit the Hole Thread feature embedded in the Hole Magician feature.

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At the bottom of the PropertyManager of the Hole Thread, the text tin can be edited to whatsoever note and can be later automatically imported in the 2D drawing of the model.

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Using the View Palette

Once the 2D drawing is created, a view can exist dropped into the drawing using the View Palette located in the Task Pane on the right-hand side of the user interface. With the option Import Annotations checked on, the thread callout mentioned above will show up with the view as information technology is dragged and dropped into the drawing.

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If there is no thread callout specified, another culling tin exist used to show the NPT thread size on the cartoon. Once the desired views have been added to the drawing, either use Model Items and cheque off Pigsty Callout or utilise the Hole Callout feature located in the Annotation tab of your drawing. The Hole Callout feature uses the geometry and information from the Hole Wizard to show the dimension. If the size of the thread is displayed with this method, you can detect in the example beneath, it displays the internal diameter of the through-hole as well as the NPT size.

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