How to create a SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard Favorite

If you frequently use a particular Hole Wizard hole, instead of re-entering the parameters each time you launch the Hole Wizard command, you can save those settings as a Hole Wizard Favorite.

Hole Wizard Favorites

Each Hole Type can have it’s own list of Hole Wizard Favorites.

Favorite Lists

Creating a SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard Favorite

Saved Favorites include all the hole’s parameters: Type; Size (including custom sizing); Fit; End Condition and Options.

Click the “Add or Update Favorite” button to add the Favorite parameters to the local database for the Hole Wizard Favorites.  Once you’ve clicked the button to add the Favorite, you MUST click OK on the Hole Wizard dialog and finish creating the hole for the Favorite to be committed to the database.

Saving a Favorite

Once the Favorite is added, the next time you want to use a hole of exactly that size, simply select the Hole Type, then pick the Favorite from the drop list.

Select your Favorite

Sharing a SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard Favorite

If you wish to share any of your Hole Wizard Favorites with another user, you can use the option to save the file out to an .sldhwstl (SOLIDWORKS Hole Wizard Style) file.

Save Favorite

Then the other user simply needs to click Load Favorite to import that Hole Wizard favorite into the database on their computer.

Load Favorite

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