Sorting contour entry / exit points

[Jayson Kramer]

Also now if you do it this way and want to sort go to the chain Manager and right click and select Sort options like drilling. It will sor them with the point to for you based on wat sort option you pick and regen. PS this woks in X9.

my pictures were from 2017. but just did the same test in X9.

So now you have the power you want.

Start center chamfer sorting.mcx-9

[jlw™]

I had no idea about drillpt.dll, that will be freakin useful. Guess I should play with all the chooks to see what they do.

[Newbeeee™]

I had no idea about drillpt.dll, that will be freakin useful. Guess I should play with all the chooks to see what they do.

+1

I have never used this either.

 

And Classic Backplot FTW Jay!

[BrianP.]

Also now if you do it this way and want to sort go to the chain Manager and right click and select Sort options like drilling. It will sor them with the point to for you based on wat sort option you pick and regen. PS this woks in X9.

 

my pictures were from 2017. but just did the same test in X9.

So now you have the power you want.

 

Not to beat a dead horse but you can do a sort circles without even having to have drill points just contours. Here I took your file deleted the points and chained the circles as I would normally do. You can see in the chain manager no points yet the sort is still active. Works with open and closed contour also. Handy doing pockets and such. Also in MC2017 they added a reverse chain order. So you could contour going one way copy the operation set up your chamfer tool and reverse the chain order and have minimal wasted movements. Handy on larger parts.

 

 

 

[Jayson Kramer]

I agree Brian, but he wants to be able to pick and include the center point for his chamfers so he can start in the center. so I was making sure as he thought he needed to go back and move the point around manually.

I don't feel you are beating a dead horse as some time these little thinks we talk about help others to find other ways to do things and we all learn.

[jeff]

I found a video that does exactly what the OP wants.

Start the video at the 7:15 mark

The trick is to have the sorting set to "Optimize Inside to Outside". 

https://youtu.be/gtR9cel_9nc?t=7m15s

 

I just tried it, and it's really quick and easy.