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Our CNC programmers have "STANDARD" tools in their machine.
I have all these "STANDARD" set up in my Hole Wizard.
They have asked me if there was a why to "mark" anything "NON-STANDARD" in a different color to flag them when a "NON-STANDARD" hole is used.

Is there a way to have "NON-STANDARD" Hole Wizard features/resulting surfaces automatically come in RED?

You can have ALL holes (using hole wizard) come in as a specific color.

Or you can have ALL extrude cuts come in as a different specific color.

So one solution is that you can set the holes to a specific color and extrude cuts to a different color. Then make sure to make all non-standard holes with extrude cuts rather than hole wizard.

A second option could be to create some hole wizard holes and save them as a library feature. I THINK library features save colors.

Then you can make sure to use the library features for those holes instead of a hole wizard hole.

https://www.goengineer.com/blog/create- ... solidworks

https://help.solidworks.com/2021/englis ... eature.htm

Hi Bryan,
Just an idea, you need to try it, you can check the hole diameters with solidwork api (macro). I think you can make the hole diameters other than the hole diameters you specify red.

Edit: maybe
https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... lx4atdB6BA



https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... j4W00zGckQ

I would like to remind you that I am not a software developer.


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