Drilling

[kwolf]

Hi,

I want to drill where the previous roughing operation have plunged to stock. What should I do?

Thanks,

Kevin

[cadcam]

Do you want to pre drill before the roughing and have the tool start there?

If so just create a point for drilling and when picking the pocket pick the point first.

Now if you are saying that you want to drill after a roughing and you want to use the plunge point but don’t know exactly were that was you can backplot,In the backplot setting you can save a geo. I suggest setting up another level or color you are not using so after you can delete the color or level.

Now backplot and make a point at the spot were it plunged using the saved geo.

Or you can backplot and not save the geo and watch the numbers at the bottom of the screen.

Write down the numbers were it plunges a create point using those numbers.

Well after all that hope I have helped.

[kwolf]

Thanks Jay,

I just want to drill after roughing operation .

Is there any easier approach to do so than backplotting and saving geo 'coz my roughing op is usually very big and with numerous plunging points.

Thanks again,

Kevin

[cadcam]

Well you can create points and tell it were to plunge then you are in control.

Then after use the same points to drill.

Do you thing this is possible?

I don't know what you are roughing to know if my thoughts will work.

Are you rough surfaceing or just say pocketing?

J

[kwolf]

Roughing surfaces.

[Chips Ahoy]

Kevin, Can you just change your tool parameters "top of stock" to something z minus further into the part? Rick

[cadcam]

Or use depth control and start at a -minus this will start the tool in the material instead of above on the surfacing along with Direction to tell it what way to come in to the part or surface at a feed instead of plunging into the stock.

Kind of like multi surface rough pocket telling it to plunge out side the boundary.

JM2C