How do I use an existing hole for coordinate system/origin

[kmaycustom]

Hi all - I am fairly new to Solidcam so thanks for any and all help

How do I make an existing hole in a part as my coordinate system or origin?

We just moved up to Solidcam from 2.5D Edgecam and we do this frequently for machining. I've tried watching all of the training videos and looked through the help but can't come up with anything!

I am getting good at picking a corner but I haven't figured out how to pick the center of a hole!!

[MKproto]

Open up the coordinate system manager, use the select face option, and down below that there is a box that has a drop down list and from that list select center of revolution face, and then click on the hole you want to use.

The other way is creat a coordinate system via a sketch and then use the select coordinate system of you can define off of a sketch you create using the define option.

[kmaycustom]

Thanks for the reply! I tried your first suggestion and I'm still having some trouble - it tells me "illegal plane direction". I will keep playing around with it; perhaps I'm missing something simple.

The second option worked great though! That will get me by for now and didn't take long at all.

Thanks again for the help!