Chamfer on many holes without going nuts...

Chamfer on many holes without going nuts...

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Chamfer on many holes without going nuts...

287056
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Hello,

 

First of all, thanks for a great forum and great tool.

 

I'm trying to machine a baseplate, and it has a lot of holes with threading - I would like the holes all to have a chamfer. however that seems to be problematic to create the toolpath for that. if i have to select each and every  hole by clicking. 

 

I can't seem to find another way of doing it.

 

The holes were made by a rectangular pattern in design, so i can't just use the sketch as some suggested.

 

Any help would be most welcome.  - i must be missing something, as this seems like the simplest thing...?

 

Best regards

 

 

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@287056 

 

I start this assuming that all the holes are the same size ????

 

Workflow:-

1)  Spot drill with a nice big tool that can handle the depth for the Chamfer so you don`t need to chamfer later and it is better for the Tap

2)  Drill the tapping size hole, can`t wander off due to the Spot drilling

3) Tap the hole, will tap easy as it already has a Chamfer, Chamfering after the Tapping can often "push" material into the start thread leading to bad lead in for what ever is to be screwed in to it.

 

So all you need to do is if the holes have been done as a rectagular pattern in Design from that one hole then all you need do in Manufacture is select the original hole and toolpath it as above, then you can use the Pattern option in Manufacture to create the toolpaths for the whole lot of your holes, super easy, just one hole to select and toolpath 🙂 🙂 🙂

Just Right click on the Operation and go to "Add Pattern" and use the same distances as in design and the toolpaths and code will be produced  for all your holes 🙂

 

Or, you can if they are all the same size then you can use the select the "Diameter Range" and then set it to the diameters that cover the hole size and all the holes will be automatically selected, real easy and quick 😄 😄

 

Stay Safe

Regards

Rob

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@287056 

 

 

Ooops, apologies, forgot to attach the small example file 😞

 

Hope it all helps a little 🙂

 

Stay Safe

Regards

Rob

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aH! Now that's brilliant. Why on earth didn't i think of that before. Just spotdrilling all the holes is super easy. I was so focused on the chamfer that I wen't completely blind. 🙂

 

Thanks very much for your help!

 

Best regards

and Happy newyear!

 

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