Drilling Operation

This operation enables you to perform 2D, 3D drill, Thread Milling and other canned drill cycles. SolidCAM supports the canned drill cycles provided by your particular CNC-Machine such as threading, peck, ream, boring, etc. If your CNC-Machine has no canned drill cycles of its own, they can be defined using the General Postprocessor program (GPPTool) and Machine ID Editor. While the 2D Drilling operation uses regular drilling geometry, the 3D Drilling operation enables you to take into account the solid model geometry.   In the Technology section, choose either a 2D drill, 3D drill or Thread Milling option. The dialog box parameters are changed according to your selection.    

Geometry

Tool

Levels

Technology

When a Drilling Operation is opened and Thread Milling is selected under Technology, all the Drilling Operations are saved and copied into the new Thread Milling operation. However, you must re-select the tool for this new Thread Milling operation.