Remove Solid Holes

Use the Defeature: Holes tool to remove solid holes in the model.

  1. From the Geometry ribbon, click the Defeature > Holes tool.


    Figure 1.
  2. Optional: On the guide bar, click to define settings used to find and select holes of a specific size.
  3. On the guide bar, click Find.
    Holes in the model are selected and highlighted red.
  4. Review each found hole by clicking and on the guide bar.
  5. Remove holes in the following ways:
    1. Remove all found/selected holes by clicking Remove All.
    2. Remove individual holes by left-clicking.


Figure 2.

Defeature: Holes Tool

An overview of the Defeature: Holes tool.



Figure 3.

Use the Defeature: Holes tool to remove solid holes in the model.

Access
Go to Geometry > Defeature > Fillets.

Options

Minimum
Change the minimum diameter used to find features.
Maximum
Change the maximum diameter used to find features.
Surface holes
Find surface holes.
Points at center
Select the type of point to create at the center of the hole upon removal.
Solid holes
Find solid holes.
Pockets
Find pockets.