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Assign Step Model to user defined Plated through Holes

Was wondering if there is a way to assign Step Model to Plated Mounting Holes. I quite often change my mounting holes drill size and pad dimensions around it.

My mounting holes are usually not defined with Step mapping. So when i export it to 3d canvas that mounting hole usually comes

covered with a smd pad which i had to uncheck before exporting 3d file to actually show the hole size.

Is there any way around this?

steve over 4 years ago

If the mounting hole is a package or mechanical symbol then you can map a step model the same as you would for any other part.
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jatins over 4 years ago in reply to steve

Yes the mounting hole is a package but i do not have required Step Models for every Mounting hole. Tried 3dcontentcentral but did not find any useful model there.
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steve over 4 years ago in reply to jatins

So what model are you looking for? Holes by default are shown as holes. You may see a place bound shape on top which you can either hide (3d canvas - Setup - Preferences - Symbol Representation, just show only the step model) or open the filename.dra and go to Setup - Design Parameters - Design tab and uncheck auto create place bound). Then make sure you delete one if it's part of the symbol.
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jatins over 4 years ago in reply to steve

Actually looking for 3.3mm plated hole with 0.45mm wide pads around hole.
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steve over 4 years ago in reply to jatins

So these are shown by default - no need for a step model. If yours doesn't show like this try the things I suggested earlier or maybe you can show a picture of what you see or attach the dra file.
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