Shapes and plates can be provided with different drill holes. Existing drill holes of a shape can be transferred to another shape, and oblong holes, countersunk holes or step borings can be created as well. Now, it is also possible to create thread holes.

In addition, you can use this command to bolt component parts directly without having to generate drill holes first. Then, you can carry out the ‘Bolt’ command. The distribution of bolts is indicated in the same way as for drill holes but the bolts automatically create the necessary drill holes in all participating component parts.

The program manages drill holes in the form of Drill Hole Fields. This means that groups consisting, for instance, of 2 x 2 holes will be drilled in one operation. In the dialog box you enter the individual hole pitches and then insert the complete hole group.

The drilling depth is always along the Z-axis of the active UCS plane. A description of the drill hole field is given in the xy plane of the active UCS. Although it would be possible to drill holes in the general overview (global view), it is easier to work in one of the views.

After selection of the command, a dialog box appears where you can set the basic behavior of the command and other default parameters. Depending on the selection, the displayed content may differ.