There is a reason so many Mastercam users feel they have to shell out
lots of dough just to do drilling!

See:

http://www.moldplus.com/prodrill.htm


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"

On Dec 27, 12:45=A0pm, Joe788 <larryro...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is a reason so many Mastercam users feel they have to shell out
> lots of dough just to do drilling!
>
> See:
>
> http://www.moldplus.com/prodrill.htm
>
> 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
found?

"Joe788" <larryrozer@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:700988b2-587b-4121-a21c-45a9442646f9@26g2000yqo.googlegroups.com...
> There is a reason so many Mastercam users feel they have to shell out
> lots of dough just to do drilling!
>
> See:
>
> http://www.moldplus.com/prodrill.htm
>
>
> 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"
>
>

Here's what you do...
 Go buy the online book VB for dummies. Then get microsoft sam to read it 
for you.
  Then write a script to do what you need to do.
 Here's the neat part....
 If you can zoom in enough to have an actual complaint in detail, a script 
can be written to work around it.
 For example...

> 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

Jeesh, if you can't write a script to do that your one sad mofo.
  See, that's the difference between a programmer and a computer operator. 
Anybody can be taught to window in a bunch of holes...well...ALMOST anybody 
lol

   The mastercam database is totally accessable, and actually real easy to 
extract data from, unless...your a computer operator, or a broken fadel 
operator/ same difference.

  I suggest JB stfu and forgets about what happens in the programming room 
and concentrates on learning how to use his super doo whaa drill sharpener, 
considering his job is drilling holes in lamina and nothing else.

L  (insert on forehead) 

There is a reason so many Mastercam users feel they have to shell out
lots of dough just to do drilling!

See:

http://www.moldplus.com/prodrill.htm

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"

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:26:32 -0800 (PST), Joe788 <larryrozer@yahoo.com> wrote:

> the dying e-Mastercam
>forum run by Outhouse Solutions:

  http://www.mastercamforum.com looks pretty dead.
  What did yo do to it?
-- 
Cliff