Just curious as to what people are using to program compound angle holes on a 5-axis or 3+2 axis machine? WorkNc is a great program, but drilling is not one of it's strong points.
Are there any cheap programs which only do drilling?
Thanks
Dan
Just curious as to what people are using to program compound angle holes on a 5-axis or 3+2 axis machine? WorkNc is a great program, but drilling is not one of it's strong points.
Are there any cheap programs which only do drilling?
Thanks
Dan
I do not know any cheap one persay but I program 5axis drilling using Mastercam and find it real easy actully.
All that is really needed is a line in the vector you want at the length you want and this contains most of whats needed.
but of coure you have more options like from a solid or surface data or points.
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Thanks for the reply. Since I posted that, I investigated drilling in Worknc, and it does do a good job. It was just something that I had not needed to use before, so I was not as familiar with it as I should have been.
Dan