Drill point representation in solids

[Michael Reynolds]

Is there an easy way to extrude holes and have the bottoms look like a drill point?

Thanks again!

Mike R. (inquisitive mcam user)

[bryan.davis]

not tackled this probelm in mastercam but there are a couple of quick solutions to this problem in cadkey

1. drill all holes to point depth, then do a 30 degree x r chamfer to them all

2 make a solid form that represents the drill and copy this to all the locations of the drilled holes and do a boolean subtraction, the drill form can be much longer than the actual depth of the holes, this will allow you to quickly make holes of differing depth quickly. Drill forms of holes with different diameters can be quickly formed by a scaling finction on the drill tool.

[Michael Reynolds]

Cool, thanks Bryan!

Mike R.