Automated Drill: Auto Fit Sequence

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Select an Automated Drill procedure (from the Process Manager) and choose one of the following:

Select Auto Fit Sequence from the Automated Drill Guide.
Select NC Utilities > Automated Drill > Auto Fit Sequence from the menu bar.
Right-click the Unassigned Group branch in the Group and Sequence Manager and select Auto Fit Sequence from the popup menu.
Right-click the appropriate Group under the Unassigned Group branch in the Group and Sequence Manager and select Auto Fit Sequence from the popup menu.

Search for predefined matching Hole Sequences for unassigned groups.

A Hole Sequence is a set of faces describing a hole.

This function enable you to search for a sequence and attach it to the selected group. The system stores as default the values that were used last.

The following default parameters are displayed:

Parameters

All Unassigned Groups / Single Group

This is a toggle option:

All Unassigned Groups: Enable the Auto Fit Options to apply to all the unassigned groups in the Group and Sequence Manager.
Single Group: Enable the Auto Fit Options to only apply to a single unassigned group in the Group and Sequence Manager. In this case, pick the appropriate group (either from the Graphics Display area or from the Group and Sequence Manager).

If the toggle option All Unassigned Groups is selected, the following parameters are displayed:	If the toggle option Single Group is selected, the following parameters are displayed (notice that, before a group is selected, the approval options are grayed out):

The usual selection options are available. To avoid inadvertently selecting holes already belonging to groups, make sure that the appropriate groups hide/show buttons are off in the Group and Sequence Manager.

Notes:

In the case of 3X drilling, the drilling direction is defined according to the procedure axis and direction.

In the case of 4X and 5X drilling, the drilling direction is defined using the blue directional arrow. Once an arrow directionarrow direction is set, this defines the direction of all the selected holes. All additional holes picked will have the same drilling direction. In the case of 5X drilling, the availability of swapping the drilling side depends on the Max. Inclination Angle.

In 5X drilling, when the hole is selected, a directional arrow is displayed indicating the drilling direction	To swap the drilling direction, click the arrow.	The arrow jumps to the opposite hole to indicate the new drilling direction. In case of 5X, the availability of swapping the drilling side depends on the Conic Angle Range.

Auto Fit Options

See Auto Fit Sequence Options for a description of these options.

When finished, press one of the following approval options (these options are initially grayed out):

	OK: Accept the changes, perform the operation and close the current dialog/task.
	Apply: Accept the changes, perform the operation and keep the current dialog/task open.
	Cancel: Cancel all changes and close the current dialog/task without saving the settings.

If OK. is pressed, the result is shown in the Group and Sequence Manager; in the example below, the selected group is assigned a drill sequence.

Before the Auto Fit Sequence	After the Auto Fit Sequence

Note:

When an Automated Drill procedure is divided by a Cutter Change, the comment of the created procedure contains the sequence name.
The <Sequence Name> is defined as follows: If all motions in the created procedure belong to a single sequence, then it is the name of that sequence, otherwise the name is Multi Sequence.
The format of the comment is as follows: <Sequence Name> N of M <old procedure's comment>.
For example:
Single sequence: Through 16 H=27 9 of 14 No Text
Multi sequence: Multi Sequence 7 of 14 No Text

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