Drilling

 

 

 

This command allows to drill a part or a batch of piled parts.

 

Creation stages / Use:

 

Click the icon or select Modeling > Drilling... from the drop-down menu.

 

  1. Select and/or create a drilling template.

  2. Select (or create by clicking on "+") the drilling frame.

  3. If the drilling is blind, by checking the Automatic detection box, impacted parts by the depth will be automatically selected.

  4. Select the shapes to drill.

  5. Validate the command with the button

 

 

To be able to create tapped holes, you need to reference a library containing the standard you wish to use for the tapping.

 

 

In/Out counter sinking:

 

Advanced Options:

 

 

Available Options:

 

 

With this option, you define the frame on which the drilling will be carried out.

 

Each drilling operation requires a frame which defines the position of the drilling and its direction.

The drilling is done based on the Z- of the frame. The Z- axis must therefore be directed toward the inside of the part so that the drilling can be carried out.

 

If there is no drilling frame, it can be created in a dynamic way on certain types of faces by moving the mouse over this face:

 

  • Plane face: the frame created is a is a constrained frame on the nearest edges of the face.

 

  • Cylindrical face: a radial frame is created.

 

  • Face with circular edges: a frame on face and center point which is created.

 

 

 

Possibility to use a reference frame on which be based axes of the constraint frame.

Regarding the constraint frame, the reference frame can be used with automatic mode only.

 

The constraint frame of the drilling uses axes of the reference frame.

 

 

 

 

Extension process of Countersink:

This option defines the countersink drilling process at the entry face.

In fact, drilling starts in the origin of the frame. However, in the event of an inclined face or the presence of a shoulder next to the drilling, TopSolid needs to "extend" the drilling above the origin point to achieve a good result.

These are the two possible modes:

 

Standard  

Contained

Representation:

This option allows you to define if the drilling must be done on all shape representations or only on the detailed one.

 

Machining process:

Additional text:

This information can be retrieved in the Additional text column of a drillings table as well as in a drilling note.

Check the option if necessary and enter the text manually.

 

 

 

Below the main options, a list of icons is displayed which allows you to modify the parameters of the different procedures of the drilling template used. These icons change regarding the chosen drilling hole type.

 

By default, the values are those of the drilling template. It is therefore not required to access this if the values of the template are those you wish to use.

 

See here for the detailed description of the different procedures.