Newbie- Highest concentric level (Feature finder)

[MIKEL12]

Hi, it's your favorite newbie again

I was running through all the options in the feature finder and found something that does not work all that well for me.

(Check attached pictures)
When using the feature finder to find a radial through hole in my test part I get two holes instead of one deep one (thats what I want).
So after some reading of the userguide i see that "Highest concentric level" is supposed to do just that.

My problem is that it doesn't work as advertised, now this is not a big problem since i can make it manually myself. Just checking in to see if I missed anything.

[rayzer]

So hole(s) can be drilled from both sides.

[MIKEL12]

Originally Posted by rayzer So hole(s) can be drilled from both sides.

Sure, but i don't want that. And according to the helpfile as i understand it this should work. Just making sure that i'm not missing anything.

I'm not the kind of guy that let theese things slide, either i learn how to use the program or i do something else.

[jstikeleather]

You need to make sure you are setting up your Feature Finder options correctly.

Please look at the attached photos.

Regards,
Jeremiah Stikeleather
ATS

[MIKEL12]

Originally Posted by jstikeleather You need to make sure you are setting up your Feature Finder options correctly. Please look at the attached photos. Regards, Jeremiah Stikeleather ATS

That solved it alright, still not totally sure what i did wrong but it works

Thx for the help again

[MIKEL12]

Ok, thx to jstikeleather I think i've got this covered now.

When choosing to search through the part with the "radial hole search" setting, edgecam will always find the holes as two separate holes.

So "Axial CPL" with "Radial hole search" will generate two holes on opposite sides of the part.

But changing this to "Radial CPL" with "Vertical hole search" gives one single through hole.

Se attached picture for horribly drawn illustration

[jstikeleather]

Originally Posted by MIKEL12 So "Axial CPL" with "Radial hole search" will generate two holes on opposite sides of the part. But changing this to "Radial CPL" with "Vertical hole search" gives one single through hole.

This is correct.

When finding features along the Axial CPL, think of their being an axis of rotation along the center of the part. This will give you two holes on this part.

When finding features on the Radial CPL, think of the part being interrogated around that same axis of rotation, resulting in one hole.

Axial CPL would be the equivalent of G17, Radial would be the equivalent of G19, if that makes more sense.