Manufacturing Attributes : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Select the Manufacturing Attributes icon from the Hole and Threads toolbar.
Select Tools > Main Tools > Manufacturing Attributes from the menu bar.

Attach machining and tolerance information to holes. This enables you to apply and customize several types of manufacturing processes as well as diameter and depth tolerances.

The Manufacturing Attributes attached to holes (machining and tolerance information) is shown in Drafting, when defining the Label of Holes and the Table of Holes (where all the Manufacturing Attributes are displayed), and in NC Automated Drill procedures to help define the drill sequence.

The Manufacturing Attributes dialog is displayed.

The dialog contains the following sections:

No Attributes Assigned

Attached Attributes

a. Ignore Hole

b. Tolerance

c. Depth Tolerance

d. Exact Position

Dialog Structure

Notes:

Up to four (4) attributes can be attached to a hole (cylindrical/conical face); a maximum of one (1) from each section.
Hole attributes can be attached to Shafts. These hole attributes will be transferred to the plate (after a Cut operation) as color and transparency attributes.
Supports color coding for holes.
Possible to work with any type of faces (not only cylinders).
The Entity Information function and Status Bar display the attribute information.
General attributes (tolerances, precision, accuracy) are automatically filled in PMI and Drafting operations, such as Radial Dimensions.
The Manufacturing Attributes are displayed in the Table of Holes.
When cutting a body by a cutting object with a cylindrical face that has a hole attribute, this hole attribute is transferred to the newly created hole.
When copying objects/faces with hole attributes, the attributes are also copied.
During import/export operations of parts/objects with hole attributes, the target file receives the hole attribute definitions. Existing holes in the target files are not overwritten; any hole attributes from the source file that are not defined in the target file are merged into existing attribute definitions.

Manufacturing attributes can be set manually or by loading a predefined table of attributes. Holes can be attached to these attributes manually or automatically.

Add a Manufacturing Attribute

Right-click an attribute in the Attached Attributes section of the Manufacturing Attributes dialog and select Add Attribute from the popup menu. See the Attribute Types below.
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A dialog relevant to the selected attribute is displayed, enabling you to manually set attributes that can later be attached to faces.

Set the attribute color and visibility / as required.

Attach an attribute to a face

Pick the required face.

Right-click the relevant Manufacturing Attribute (added as described above) and select Attach from the popup menu.
Example:Example:

Dialog Structure

The Manufacturing Attributes dialog consists of:

Attribute Settings
Parameters
Buttons

Attribute Settings

The Manufacturing Attributes dialog contains the following sections:

No Attributes Assigned

This section of the dialog includes all faces of the model (or assembly) that do not have a hole attribute attached to them.

Attached Attributes

This section of the dialog includes all faces of the model (or assembly) that have a hole attribute attached to them.

The following sub-sections appear here (listed in order of appearance) with each sub-section containing rows (types) of attributes:

Ignore Hole	This section enables you to set faces to either be ignored or marked as already drilled and contains the following rows: Ignore Holes Already Drilled Holes
Tolerance	This section enables you to set various tolerance types and contains the following rows (types of attributes): Coded Bi Uni Single Digits of Precision Legacy User-Defined (only for files created prior to Cimatron 2026.0 and containing the User 1 and User 2 attributes). See Attribute Types below.
Manufacturing Technique	This section enables the entry of various Manufacturing Technique attribute types. See Attribute Types below.
Depth Tolerance	This section enables you to set various depth tolerance types and contains the following rows (types of attributes): Bi Uni Single Digits of Precision See Attribute Types below.
Exact Position	This section enables you to set faces in exact positions.
Customized Hole Tolerance	This section allows you to attach 3 different attribute types to a hole. The combinations are: Coded Bi, Uni, or Single Digits of Precision See Attribute Types below. Note: For the Customized Hole Tolerance attributes to be displayed in the Manufacturing Attributes dialog, the Manufacturing Attributes preferences must be set appropriately in the Preferences Editor.

Faces attached to these rows receive the color of the row. You can control the visibility and colors in this section.

See Attribute Types and Popup Menus for additional information.

Notes:

All rows (types) in all sections that are empty (no face is attached) are displayed as disabled (grayed out) on the tree (so that you can easily distinguish between empty and "attached" rows).
If a face is attached to a certain type (row) and this face was already attached to another type, it will be unattached from the other type; a face is "attached" only to one type within the same section.

Attributes Types

The rows (attributes types) that can be defined in the Attached Attributes section of the dialog are listed below in order of appearance.

Right-click popup operations are available for rows and their sub-rows in the dialog table and also in the graphics area. The contents of the displayed popup menu depends on the where the operation was invoked. The Add Attribute popup option enables you to manually set attributes that can later be attached to faces; where relevant, the appropriate Add Attribute dialogs are shown below.

Ignore Hole

Faces attached to this attribute are ignored in subsequent operations; for example, to ignore holes in plates that already contain holes in various locations or for catalog parts that already contain holes in various areas, or to ignore holes in the Table of Holes in Drafting or when drilling in an NC file.

This attribute type appears in the Ignore Hole section of the Manufacturing Attributes tree.

Already Drilled

Faces attached to this attribute are marked as already drilled for subsequent operations.

This attribute type appears in the Ignore Hole section of the Manufacturing Attributes tree.

Coded

This attribute type includes hole diameter tolerances (H6, H7, etc.).

These attribute types appear in the dialog table as follows:	Add Attribute popup option dialog: Set the parameters from the dropdown lists. Note that the Basic Deviation is in uppercase for Holes and lowercase for Shafts.

This attribute type appears in the Tolerance section of the Manufacturing Attributes tree.

Bi / Uni / Single

Set the Bilateral, Unilateral, and Single Tolerance deviation attribute types.

These attribute types appear in the dialog table as follows:

The Bi Tolerance attributes displayed in the dialog table:	The Uni Tolerance attributes displayed in the dialog table:	The Single Tolerance attributes displayed in the dialog table:

For these attribute types, the following applies:

If more that one row is added, the rows are displayed in ascending order of the lower deviation value.
Up to six (6) digits may be entered after the decimal point.
The upper deviation value must be greater than the lower deviation value.
The values are displayed as they were entered (trailing zeros are not removed). There may be 2 different rows with the same value but with different trailing zeros, such as -0.01, +0.02 and -0.010, +0.020.

The following Add Attribute popup option dialogs are displayed:

Bi Tolerance: Set the lower and upper deviation values. The values can be either negative or positive.	Uni Tolerance: Only the upper deviation value can be set and can only be positive.	Single Tolerance: Only the upper deviation value can be set and can be either negative or positive.

These attribute types appear in the Tolerance and Depth Tolerance sections of the Manufacturing Attributes tree.

Digits of Precision

Set the Digits of Precision attribute type.

These attribute types appear in the dialog table as follows:	Add Attribute popup option dialog: Set the parameter from the dropdown list.

This attribute type appears in the Tolerance and Depth Tolerance sections of the Manufacturing Attributes tree.

Manufacturing Technique

This section enables the entry of various Manufacturing Technique attribute types.

These attribute types appear in the dialog table as follows:	Add Attribute popup option dialog: Enter the type of manufacturing technique.

Notes:

If there is a face with only a Manufacturing Technique attribute, the color is the same as the color of the row.
If there is more than 1 attribute to a face, the color is that of the other attribute, according to priority. For example, if a face has the Ignore Hole, Tolerance, and Manufacturing Technique attributes, the face gets the color of the Ignore Hole attribute, and if Tolerance and Manufacturing Technique are assigned, the Tolerance color is shown.
The priority of Manufacturing Technique is higher than that of Depth Tolerance and Exact Hole.

Popup Menus

Dialog table popup menu:	Dialog table popup menu:	Graphics area popup menu:

Dialog table popup menu:	Dialog table popup menu:

Popup Options

Add Attribute	Add an attribute type. A dialog is displayed enabling you to enter the attribute data. See the Attribute Types above.
Attach	Attach an attribute to a selected face.
Clear Selection	Clear all selected entities.
Copy Attributes to Similar Holes	Copy the attributes of a selected cylindrical face to similar holes. The part is displayed in wireframe with the source and target holes highlighted. A confirmation message is displayed for this action. Example:Example:
Detach	Detach an attribute from a selected face.
Detach from All Faces	Detach attributes from all faces.
Edit	Edit a defined attribute.
Hide Other	Hide all other items except for the selected entities. Example:Example:
Hide Type	Hide the attribute type from the dialog table sections.
Remove All Attributes	Remove all attributes from the selected faces.
Remove Attribute	Remove (delete) the attribute.
Remove "Exact"	Remove the Exact Position attribute from selected faces.
Remove "Ignore"	Remove the Ignore Hole attribute from selected faces.
Select Cylinder Faces with Similar Diameter	Select all other cylindrical faces with a similar diameter to a selected cylindrical face.
Select Entities	Select the entities that have the attached attribute.
Unhide All Subtypes	Show any attribute types hidden in the dialog table sections.
Unselect Entities	Unselect any selected entities.
Wireframe Other	Display all other items in wireframe, except for the selected entities. Example:Example:

Parameters

The Manufacturing Attributes dialog contains the following parameters:

Allow attributes on non-cylindrical faces

This enables you to set attributes on non-cylindrical faces.

When the checkbox is OFF, attributes can only be set to cylindrical faces. This is the default option. When the checkbox is ON, attributes can be set to all types of faces.

The Auto attach by color operation (see below) works according to this checkbox setting:

OFF = Only cylindrical faces will be automatically attached.
ON = All faces with color will be automatically attached.

Restore original colors on exit

This enables you to control the color of faces with hole attributes, after exiting the function using the OK button.

When the checkbox is OFF, the faces will get the same color as shown in the Manufacturing Attributes dialog.

When the checkbox is ON, the original color of the faces (as they were before invoking the function) will be restored. This is the default option.

Create sets on exit

This enables you to create or update Sets with attribute data when exiting the Manufacturing Attributes dialog using the OK or Apply buttons.

When the checkbox is OFF, no sets are created. This is the default option.

When the checkbox is ON, sets are created as detailed below:

The Sets are By Selection (not By Criteria) and cannot be edited but can be renamed or deleted.

Every non-empty row (not the "Unassigned") will create a set on OK/Apply.

The name of the set is a string consisting of "Hole" + <1> + <2> +<3> where:

<1> = The main name of the attribute (General, Depth Tolerance, Ignore Hole, or Exact Position).

<2> = The attribute (Coded Tolerance, Precision, Uni Tolerance, etc.).

<3> = The sub-attribute (Dim.##, -0.1 + 0.1, etc.).

In the case of Ignore Hole or Exact Position, 2 and 3 are not needed.

Note: In Assembly, the sets will be created in each part with defined hole attributes. When importing this assembly to Part or NC, these sets will be imported or recreated (if they already exist).

Buttons

The Manufacturing Attributes dialog contains the following buttons:

	Save to File: Save the attributes to HAT (Hole Attribute Template) file. The following information is saved: The "Tolerance" type sub-rows and their colors (and the active one). In the case of Bi/Uni/Single Tolerance, also the values (lower/upper) and Active. Hide/Unhide rows. The color of each row. The active row (if one exists) in "Precisions". The Restore original colors checkbox state. By default, the HAT file is saved to the folder: ...\ProgramData\Cimatron\Cimatron\2026.0\Data\templates\HoleAttributes
	Load from File: Load ALL attributes and defaults from the saved HAT file. Existing rows that are empty (nothing attached to them) will be removed if they do not exist in the "saved" template. Existing rows that are NOT empty (some faces attached to them) will NOT be removed if they do not exist in the "saved" template.
	Auto Attach by Color: This enables color coding for holes. This operation automatically finds a cylindrical face with a certain color but without hole attributes, and automatically attaches attributes to these faces according to those defined in the dialog. Faces that already have hole attributes do not receive the new (auto attached) attributes.
	Clear All Attributes: Clear all attributes from the dialog and also all attributes from faces. A warning message is displayed required user confirmation of this action.

The following approval options are available:
	OK: Accept the changes, perform the operation, and close the current dialog/task.
	Apply: Accept the changes, perform the operation, and keep the current dialog/task open.
	Cancel: Cancel all changes and close the dialog/task without saving the settings.

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.