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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Holes</div>
      <hr noshade="true"><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap337"></a><p class="para_topic"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/commandref/ideas_rule.gif" border="0"></p>
      <p class="para_topic">In I-deas, holes are usually made by extruding circles. To create counterbore and countersunk holes, you would either revolve a sketch or create multiple features.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">Holes are a good example of a typical form feature in NX. Using a counterbore or countersunk hole not only takes less steps, but more clearly defines the manufacturing intent. Hole parameters can also be associatively <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/08qt_drafting_16.html');return(false);">inherited</a> on a drawing.
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      <p class="para_topic">To create a hole feature:</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-hole.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b> (<b class="uiTerm">Feature Operation</b> toolbar or <b class="uiTerm">Insert</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Design Feature</b> &rarr; <b class="uiTerm">Hole</b>) 
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/counterborehole.gif" border="0"> Select the hole type.
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            <p class="para_item">Pick the positioning face or datum.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Pick a vector to define the horizontal axis to position the hole.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Enter the hole parameters.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_25.html');return(false);">Position</a> the hole.
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            <p class="para_item">Help: <img align="bottom" src="graphics/widgets/book_closed.gif" border="0"> Design &rarr; Modeling &rarr; Creating Objects from the Insert Menu &rarr; Design Feature
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