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Fill hole

Fill round holes in a part back in solid, such as the screw holes of a part bought in as a STEP file.

  • Fill hole AdvancedPart workspace toolbar
What other CAD programs call it
SchoolCADOnshapeFusionSOLIDWORKS
Fill holeDelete faceDeleteDelete Face

Fill hole fills round holes in a part back in solid. Use it on a part you did not model yourself, such as a bracket or a motor mount bought in as a STEP file or inserted from another design, when its screw holes are in the wrong place for your project. Fill them, then drill your own with Hole. It is in Advanced mode, in the Hole ▾ menu.

In Onshape this is Delete face, and in SOLIDWORKS Delete Face with Delete and Patch: they take the hole's faces away and close the gap. Fill hole does that for round holes.

How to use it#

  1. Click the arrow next to Hole, then Fill hole.
  2. Click the inside of each round hole to fill. Click one again to leave it. Clear takes them all away.
  3. Check the preview: the dialog says which sizes are filled.
  4. Click ✓ or press Enter.

Options#

  • Holes: how many holes are picked, and on which part. Holes can be through the part or blind (with a bottom), in a flat face or a curved one. Clicking a hole in another part starts again on that part.

Tips#

  • Each part of a counterbored hole (the wide part and the narrow part) is its own round face: click both.
  • When the 3D engine is on (the status bar says Exact geometry: on), the filled part is exact: a plate with its holes filled is a plain plate again.

If it does not work#

  • That round face is a shaft, not a hole (the material is inside it). Click the inside of a hole.
  • That hole is not round all the way, such as a slot or a notch in an edge. Fill hole fills round holes.
  • A hole to fill has gone. Edit Fill hole and click the holes again. An earlier change took the hole away.
  • Nothing was filled. Click the inside of a round hole in the part.