Tapping

[Reverend Turk]

I have a simple pat that has a crap ton (yes that is a technical term) of holes in it. Some are tapped and I have never used the tapping cycle on MC before. I have the tap set up and have picked all my geometry. My question is when backplotting and/or Verifying the tool shown looks like a dowel and not a tap. Is this correct? Does MC just not clearly define the tool? Also, on verify it dosen't show any threads in the hole and I have the show threads box checked. Is this correct. I just want to make sure this is set up right before I go and ruin a good part.

[Hardmill]

Yup thats the way it shows in verify,

just make sure your canned cycle posts properly

and you should be good to go.

 

 

PEACE

[Reverend Turk]

Thanks for the help...not quite ready to post yet but just wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy. I do wish that the threads were shown in verify though (read as please try to add that for convience)

[Mike@Dive Lab Inc.]

yes that is correct as far as I know, obviously the main thing is to make sure the feed is correct, I usually double check feeds when I post or at the machine just to make sure they stuck

[90rsgnuguy42]

I just ran some parts that had a thread tha I wanted to see in verification so I actually ran a thread mill so they would show up in verify. Obviously this wouldn't work for a "crap ton" of holes but to see the thread feature on a part in verify it worked well for me.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

To see threads, you need to use a threadmill and have that threadmill defined as a custom tool.