There is a reason so many Mastercam users feel they have to shell out
> lots of dough just to do drilling!
>
> See:
>
>
> Comments on Mastercam's FBM Drill as posted to the dying e-Mastercam
> forum run by Outhouse Solutions:
>
> "The Chipmaker
>
> Does anyone know how to sort which way the holes get drilled in FBD?
> It seems like it sorts them by hole depth. Is there away to get them
> into one operation like solid drilling did? If I have 100 different
> hole depths I end up with 100 operations in the operations manager.
> Thanks in advance. [Band Head Against Wall] "
>
> "Doug Nemeth, CNC Software
>
> Currently, there is no way to combine ops that share the same diameter
> but have different depths. But we understand the benefits of doing
> this and we're looking into it now."
>
> "Stephen Saults from Valk Industries
>
> Not having the ability to combine ops that have the same diameter and
> different depths is one of the reasons we are not using FBM Drill and
> still use solid drill. For simple hole drilling with holes at several
> different depths solid drill works great."
>
> "Doug Nemeth, CNC Software
>
> The main reason being not having full control over the sorting,
> correct?"
>
> "Stephen Saults from Valk Industries
>
> The sorting and the amount of operations that is created. We do vacuum
> form tooling that has up to 1500 holes that are the same size at many
> different depths.
>
> Also Pro-E creates tapped holes with the tap drill hole size. FBM
> Drill will not let me select a tap for that hole or a rollform tap
> drill to use with a rollform tap"
How many users does Mastercam have, Jon? How many complaints have you> lots of dough just to do drilling!
>
> See:
>
>
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> Comments on Mastercam's FBM Drill as posted to the dying e-Mastercam
> forum run by Outhouse Solutions:
>
> "The Chipmaker
>
> Does anyone know how to sort which way the holes get drilled in FBD?
> It seems like it sorts them by hole depth. Is there away to get them
> into one operation like solid drilling did? If I have 100 different
> hole depths I end up with 100 operations in the operations manager.
> Thanks in advance. [Band Head Against Wall] "
>
> "Doug Nemeth, CNC Software
>
> Currently, there is no way to combine ops that share the same diameter
> but have different depths. But we understand the benefits of doing
> this and we're looking into it now."
>
> "Stephen Saults from Valk Industries
>
> Not having the ability to combine ops that have the same diameter and
> different depths is one of the reasons we are not using FBM Drill and
> still use solid drill. For simple hole drilling with holes at several
> different depths solid drill works great."
>
> "Doug Nemeth, CNC Software
>
> The main reason being not having full control over the sorting,
> correct?"
>
> "Stephen Saults from Valk Industries
>
> The sorting and the amount of operations that is created. We do vacuum
> form tooling that has up to 1500 holes that are the same size at many
> different depths.
>
> Also Pro-E creates tapped holes with the tap drill hole size. FBM
> Drill will not let me select a tap for that hole or a rollform tap
> drill to use with a rollform tap"
found?