CAM Selection Set/ Auto Find Feature

[Anonymous]

I work in a fixture shop, I machine different geometry but the bottom of the blocks (mounting face to base of job) has standard features (8mm ream, 8mm Clear, etc). Often, I find myself selecting all the same holes on different models over and over to machine, where as I think (especially in drilling) it would be easy enough to include an auto recognize feature, instead of selecting multiple same holes over and over, in 50+ programs a day, i could give a diameter value and auto find on that plane, or select one and recognize others, etc etc. Unfortunately the hole pattern is never evenly spaced or geographically alike so I cant use a pattern.

Am I the only one that would benefit from this? Thanks in advance.

[kb9ydn]

In the drilling operation, on the geometry tab, there is a check box for "select same diameter".  This will auto-select all holes of the same diameter as any holes you manually select.  Have you tried that?

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[Anonymous]

That would be great, however I dont see this under my drilling geometry tab. Is that feature for ultimate only?

[kb9ydn]

No it should be in all Fusion versions.  You don't see it here?

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[Anonymous]

No I dont see this unfortunately. 

[kb9ydn]

Oh, you're using point mode, that's why.  With only points selected it can't tell what the diameters of the holes are because points don't have a diameter.  You need to use face mode and then select the hole sides.  This way it also knows where the tops and bottoms of the holes are and can drill different depths in the same operation.

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[Anonymous]

ahh I got it now, thank you very much! That works great!