NX Adding a short Z feed engage move to a Hole Milling Operation when moving the tool to the floor

2021-10-06T23:26:38Z
NX for Manufacturing

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A counter bore will be milled in a Hole Making operation. The through holes have been previously drilled to a diameter larger than the tool that will cut the counter bore. Because the material has already been removed the tool rapids along the Z axis all the way to the floor of the counter bore and begins cutting. How can this Hole Milling operation be configured so that it rapids into the hole and than feeds a short Z distance before reaching the full depth? The Engage settings do not have a Height option for this.


Solution

By default the Initial Engage -> Engage Type is set to Same as Engage . With this set the tool rapids all the way to the floor before milling the counter bore.



To be able to add the Z feed move change the Initial Engage -> Engage Type to something other than Same as Engage . The Height option that specifies how far to feed in Z until the floor is reached can now be set.



Notes

KB Article ID# PL8008636

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