Drill point selection question.

[Sticky]

Is there a setting I can use so that when I select multiple drill points they are in the order I select them?

[HARRYSMOLD]

Is there a setting I can use so that when I select multiple drill points they are in the order I select them?

If you are using x7 select points in order you want and go to sort making sure no tabs are on.

[Thad]

If you use the default point selection option (the cursor icon at the top of the selection options), it should use the order you selected them. If you use Entity, which I always do, then it sorts them in the order that they were created. I always end up resorting them after selecting them.

[Sticky]

If you use the default point selection option (the cursor icon at the top of the selection options), it should use the order you selected them. If you use Entity, which I always do, then it sorts them in the order that they were created. I always end up resorting them after selecting them.

Ahh that makes sense, I always use entity too. I guess that would explain why the order seems random (imported models). It just sucks to re order them all the time when you have lots of holes and none of the sort options give you the path you want.

[mike93]

why isn't there a shortest path for drilling?? The path selected by contour is so much more efficient if you use the window ?? why cant you unselect last arc when picking manually??

[Thad]

why isn't there a shortest path for drilling??

 

There is.

[mike93]

sorry thad yes there is point to point.

[Greg_J]

How about using Mask on Arc, select the hole size you want to drill then make a window around the part and it will select all the hole sizes in the window. I tip the part so that I only get one of the circles that make up a hole so Mastercam doesn't drill the hole twice.