Hole Data Blocks
are used for Center Drilling, Drilling, Tapping, Reaming and Boreing Holes. A hole Data Blocks must have a
minimum of 2 sections... a How and Where
"How" is what you are doing to the hole Examples of How
Operations are Drill Operations, Tap Operations, Bore/Ream Operations and Back Spotface.
"Where" is where the holes are going... Locations or Bolt Circle
You can have 2
or 3 Hole operations and then the Locations/Bolt Circle
and it will preform all the operations to those locations... This means you can center, drill and tap a set of holes with
just 1 Data Block. Here is an example of a Bolt Circle:
1.
Input – Erase Functions – Erase All
2.
Name your new Program…
3.
Set up 3 tools as described in Tool Setup
Setup a .125Drill, .203 Drill, .25 Tap
4.
Go to Input
than Choose Part Programming
5.
Choose
Holes than Drill Operations than Center
Drill
6.
.05 for Z Start
7.
-.1 for the Z bottom
8.
Enter 1 or the Select Tool
softkey
9. RPM’s and Plunge Feed will load
10.
Now select Next Hole Operation to go to the next
operation
11.
Chose Drill
Operation than Drill
12.
.05 for Z start
13.
-1.0 for Z Bottom
14. Enter 2 or the Select Tool softkey
15.
If you used SFM in Tool Setup the speeds
and
feeds should be there so Enter
past
16.
Peck Depth type .1 Leave Peck Type at Standard
17. Select Next Hole Operation
18.
Tap Operation than Rigid Tap
19.
Enter 3 or the Selec Tool
softkey
20.
.05 for Z Start
21.
-.8 for Z Bottom
22.
Feeds and Speeds should be there from Tool Setup
23. Select Next Hole Operation
and choose Bolt Circle
24.
Enter 6 for the Number of Holes
25.
Zero is the center of the part so type in 0
for the X and 0 for the Y
26.
The Diameter is 4.75" type in 4.75/2 giving
you 2.375 (Radius)
27.
Start Angle is 0
28.
Skip List is used if we did not want to do all
the holes but we do so leave empty
29.
Draw the part by pressing the round Draw button 2 times