Universal drill 

 

Drill at any angle

 

●  Select: Function - Universal drill

or

Select option from the Function Toolbar

 

 

Move the cross hair cursor to the required location

First click - Start

Move to create drill line

Click to set angle (and depth if not set)

Move to create diameter

Click to finish

 

●  Adjust the values with the Machining instructions pane at the left

 

 

ZStart value - position in Z direction

 

The angle is the angle in the XY plane

The swivel is the angle in the Z plane (upright) -  0 represents a vertical drill and 90 a horizontal drill

 

The swivel must be entered manually.The default is 90.

 

The tool box may need to contain extra information about the operation.

 

  Tool number

  Condition

  Position in Z

  Feed speed

 

The drill is shown by a dotted rectangle (or a circle if the swivel is set to 0 - vertical drill). The side of the rectangle representing the depth shortens as the swivel is decreased to represent a steeper drill.

 

Transfer to machining centre - this function is only available for transfer mode 8

 

 

See also