Why are holes always round?

SOLIDWORKS offers a Hole Wizard to assist designers in creating standard-compliant holes. But in the age of additive manufacturing, round holes may not always be necessary or practical.

Why are holes actually round?

  • Because the drill is round
  • Because the screws are round
  • Because DIN wants it that way
  • With 3D printing, you don’t have or need a drill.

 

What are holes in components needed for?

  • For screws, i.e. for joining parts
    • there are other ways to join
  • For weight loss
    • The honeycomb structure inside the component allows this without additional holes
  • As a flow for a wide variety of media
    • this does not have to be round

 

How can you create special designs for 3D printing and use them again and again for different components?

In the video, Isabelle Geil from COFFEE GmbH explains how you can set up a design library in SOLIDWORKS.

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