Automated Drill: Group and Sequence Manager (Tree)

The Group and Sequence Manager of the Automated Drill procedure is part of the function interaction and is displayed to view the data that is of interest.

In the Automated-Drill Tree, the holes that came from pockets are represented in the From Pockets branch, initially under the Free Holes branch:

Creating Groups from Holes from Pockets: A group created by pocket behaves as a single hole and has the following segments:

A has a Top Diameter and a Height.
ST, DP, MD, BT, SB and SH are defined.
The DP coordinates: X and Y come from the drill point of the pocket.

Pockets that have identical heights and hole diameters are automatically assigned to the same group.

For additional information regarding Holes from Pockets (parameters, etc.), see Pocket Selection for Automated Drill

Dialog Structure

The dialog displays the analysis results in a tree structure. It displays the following information:

Information about the previous stock. This is important when the part geometry or stock are changed. Assigned sequences (whether automatically or manually assigned) are not lost when the part geometry or stock are changed. See Automated Drill: Stock or Geometry Changes.
Information about the selected holes and the hole groups
Information about the sequences
Options for moving a selected sequence up or down the sequence list
Options for choosing the display color of holes and surfaces
Hide / Show of hole groups
Color changing of hole groups
A popup that supplies a set of relevant services (e.g. Attach Holes, Delete).
Update status
Bidirectional highlight with the entities on the graphic area.
When clicking on the name of a particular group in the Hole Recognition dialog, the holes of that group are highlighted in the model. Conversely, when clicking on a hole in the model, all the holes in the same group are highlighted, as is the group name in the Group and Sequence Manager.

The dialog displays the following columns:

Move a selected sequence up or down the sequence list.

Note: Other methods of moving sequence(s) are Drag and Drop, or by right-clicking one or more sequences and using the Cut and Paste options from the popup menu.

Display Colors

Choose the display color of holes and surfaces. The following options are available from the dropdown list:

Groups	The holes are colored in their default group colors, as set in the NC Drill Display Preferences.
Selected	The holes are colored as selected Part Surfaces as set in the General Color and Styles Preferences. The hide/show bulbs and the colors of the tree are disabled.
Original	All surfaces are displayed in their original colors, as they were before editing the procedure.

Automated Drill Element

Displays the various elements found after the analysis. The elements are assigned to Other Faces , Unassigned Groups and Sequences.

Hole groups can be found under the unassigned groups branch as well as the various sequence branches.

Branch DescriptionsBranch Descriptions

Previous Stock: Display the remaining stock state. This item is available only if the parameter Hole Geometry - Consider Previous Stock is Yes.

Other Faces: Part faces that do not belong to any hole or faces that are not valid holes for the current procedure.
ExampleExample

Part showing all faces:

Same part with Other Faces hidden:

Unselected Holes: Holes that have not been selected for an automated drill operation.

These holes include:

	Blind	Holes with a bottom.
	Through	Holes that go through the part.

Drilled Holes: Holes that are drilled in other procedures. By default, these holes are hidden as they have already been drilled.

These holes include:

	Blind	Holes with a bottom.
	Through	Holes that go through the part.

Free Holes: Holes that have not been selected in the current procedure. These are holes that are not Drilled Holes and do not belong to any hole group in the current procedure.

These holes include:

Blind: Holes with a bottom.

Through: Holes that go through the part.

Through (opposite): Holes with an appropriate orientation but with a structure that most likely would be drilled from the other directionHoles with an appropriate orientation but with a structure that most likely would be drilled from the other direction. By default, these holes are not shown, but they are available for selection.

In this case, the Through Holes are displayed in purple.

Unassigned Groups: A group of holes that do not yet have a technological sequence to be drilled.

	Group (<# holes in group>): An item that represents a specific holes group. Besides the name, the number of holes contained in the group is displayed in brackets. This controls the visibility of the holes that belong to this specific holes-group.
	Empty Group: An empty group.

Sequences: A branch that contains all the technological sequences to be drilled.

	Conditioned Sequence_<sequence#>: A sequence icon preceded with the letter "C" indicates that a Condition has been added to this sequence in the Cutter Sequence Data table.
	Sequence_<sequence#>: A branch that represents a specific technological drill sequence that is in use by the current procedure. It contains groups of holes that were assigned the same drill sequence. For each of these groups of holes, besides the name, the number of holes contained in the group is displayed in brackets.
	Sequence Group (<# holes in group>): A group of holes that were assigned the same drill sequence as Sequence_<sequence#>.

Angle

Displays the angle of the hole from the Z direction (the angle that is taken into account in the NC Drilling parameter Max. Inclination Angle).
The Max. Inclination Angle parameter is defined as:

This is the maximum gap allowed between the selected geometries, when joining them into a single geometry. If the gap between the selected geometries is greater than the Max. Gap value, they are treated as separate geometries.

Cooling

Displays the word Cooling next to groups that are defined as cooling.

Hide / Show specific items. The appropriate bulb status is displayed.

	Hide: Hide the component. The bulb is displayed adjacent to the hidden component(s).
	Show: Show the component. The bulb is displayed adjacent to the hidden component(s).
	Mixed: Some of the components under the folder are hidden and some are shown. The bulb is displayed adjacent to the hidden folder(s).

Change the color of an item . The appropriate color icon is displayed.

The color icon displays the current color of the relevant element. To change the color, click the icon to display the Color Picker and then select the required color.

The default colors of groups and unassigned holes are defined in the Preferences.

Dialog Operations

Double clicking an unassigned group will open the sequence definition.

Double clicking a sequence will open its sequence definition for editing.

Double clicking a group will display the view of the group.

Popup Menu

Right-click on one of the following tree items and the relevant popup menu is displayed.

Unselected Holes	Drilled Holes	Free Holes

Hide Other

Hide everything except for the selected/highlighted geometry.

Unassigned Groups (branch)

Popup before selecting one of the options in the Automated Drill Guide.	Popup after selecting one of the options in the Automated Drill Guide.	Popup after selecting one of the options in the Automated Drill Guide and after selecting a hole in the display area.

Auto Fit Sequence	Search for a sequence and attach it to the selected group.
Define/Modify Sequence	Define/edit a Hole Sequence.
Delete All Groups	Delete all the groups under the selected item.
Delete Empty Sequences/Groups	Delete all the groups with no holes and/or all the sequences with no groups.
Hide Other	Hide everything except for the selected/highlighted geometry.
New Group	Create a new group of unassigned holes.
Select	Select all the holes (in the graphics area) that belong to this group.

Unassigned Groups (element)

Popup before selecting one of the options in the Automated Drill Guide.	Popup after selecting the Group Manager option in the Automated Drill Guide or after selecting a hole in the display area.	Popup after selecting an option other than Group Manager in the Automated Drill Guide.

Attach	Attach the selected hole(s) to the specific group.
Auto Fit Sequence	Search for a sequence and attach it to the selected group.
Define/Modify Sequence	Define/edit a Hole Sequence.
Delete	Delete the selected item.
Group Manager	Opens the Group Manager option in the Automated Drill Guide.
Hide Other	Hide everything except for the selected/highlighted geometry.
Rename	Rename the selected item.
Select	Select all the holes (in the graphics area) that belong to this group.

Sequences (branch) and Sequence (twig - under the Sequences branch)

Popup before selecting one of the options in the Automated Drill Guide.	Popup after selecting the Group Manager option in the Automated Drill Guide or after selecting a hole in the display area.	Popup after selecting an option other than Group Manager in the Automated Drill Guide.

Cut / Paste	Cut / Paste a sequence.
Define/Modify Sequence	Define/edit a Hole Sequence.
Delete	Delete the selected item.
Delete All Groups	Delete all the groups under the selected item.
Delete All Sequences	Delete all the sequences. All the groups contained in the deleted sequences are transferred to Unassigned Groups.
Delete Empty Sequences/Groups	Delete all the groups with no holes and/or all the sequences with no groups.
Hide Other	Hide everything except for the selected/highlighted geometry.
Remove From Sequence	Remove the group from the sequence.
Rename	Rename the selected item.

Group (under a Sequence twig in the Sequences branch)

Create/Edit Hole Groups	Opens the Groups Handling tool to edit the group of holes.
Delete	Delete the selected item.
Edit Sequence	Define/edit a Hole Sequence.
Hide Other	Hide everything except for the selected/highlighted geometry.
Rename	Rename the selected item.

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