Changing " callout.txt " works for holes created with the auto-drill feature. But when recovering holes created in an extrusion, there is still the text " through everything " and I would like to have the possibility to delete it or set it but it is not in callout.txt.
Do you have a lead for me?
Hello and welcome;
If the hole is not drilled with the Hole Wizard, it is normal for the " hole " not to take into account the information in the calloutformat.txt
What I understand in your sentence (quote below) is that this is not a piercing done with the piercing assistant, but with what then? (and why not do it with the piercing wizard?):
But when recovering holes created in an extrusion there remains the text "through everything"
Depending on the version of Solidworks used and the type of hole created, it is possible that the hole annotation is handled with calloutformat-ah.xml (Advanced Drilling tool annotations).
In this case we would also have to modify/replace (in the xml) => " THRU ALL " to " ??? »
?= your text
A few screenshots and the version of Solidworks used would be useful to better understand your problem.
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Hello
Thank you for your answer, the holes are made in an estrusion function from the part, we have our external geometry and all the drilling diameter included in it. During the first extrusion, the geometry of the workpiece and the holes are made in the same function.
We don't use the drilling wizard because it doesn't meet our needs in terms of flexibility, we do use the solidwatch module to make tables, but it also has some shortcomings. So I'm trying to modify the original solid table to meet our needs.
We use solidworks premium 2024 SP5.0
I just opened the callouformat-ah.xml, I didn't know what it was also for, I'll try some modifications to see, in any case, thank you for your first feedback.
Yours sincerely
Nicholas
Hello
I did a test based on the information provided on your method of generating these holes.
When you select the corresponding cell in the table, you see that " THROUGHOUT " is plain text, not a code:
If a blind hole is made by removing material of depth 14 for example, the dimension text changes to 14
The value is always text and is not " hw-holedepth " like the default code for a hole annotation.
So not sure that the modification of the calloutformat.txt file will impact the result for the holes generated this way.
Maybe by macro?
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You are correct; simple extruded cuts do not use the Hole Wizard’s annotation logic or the calloutformat.txt variables like
Hi all
Thank you for your answers, indeed not possible to change this setting, it must be coded in depth in solid. I'm finally removing the text by hand for the moment, because I have to move forward on plans, but I'll come back to this subject, I've opened a request to Dassault. If a solution appears, I will add it here in the future.
Thank you for your help