How to set the option of the 'Thread extent' in the 'Hole Options' dialog to 'To hole extent' by default?

When creating a 'Threaded' hole feature the option of the 'Thread extent' in the 'Hole Options' dialog is set to 'Finite extent' by default.

In this scenario, a user's 'Threaded' holes mostly requires a setting of 'To hole extent' and therefore wants to know if there is a possibility to change the default of the 'Thread extent' option to 'To hole extent'.

The option of the 'Thread extent' can be predefined via the 'Binary Value' with the name 'ThreadTypeTapDepthType' which is available in the Registry. Here are the detailed steps how to set 'Thread extent' to 'To hole extent' by default:

• Exit Solid Edge
• Run the Registry Editor on the operating system
• Select 'Computer > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Siemens > Solid Edge > Version 223 > PrefSets > Hole > ThreadTypeTapDepthType' (see below Note 1 in addition)

• Choose 'Edit > Modify...'
• Double click onto the first value "00" in the second row that starts with "00000008" to select the value

• Type 01 to replace the value "00" with "01"

• Quit the 'Edit Binary Value' dialog with the OK button
• Check the modified value

• Exit the Registry Editor
• Start Solid Edge
• Create a new hole feature on a model
• Notice that the 'Thread extent' option is now set to 'To hole extent'

The 'Hole' folder in 'Computer > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Siemens > Solid Edge > Version 223 > PrefSets' is not available in an out-of-the-box installation of Solid Edge.

This folder with the default content will be automatically created in the Registry once the user has used the 'Hole' feature command the first time.