Drilling 5mm Holes

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   Sorry for the rookie questions...I'm importing DXF's that have 5mm holes on them.  I can seem to setup a toolpath strategy that will recognize the holes.  I'm trying to use 'drill point', but it's not seeing them.  I'm guessing because they're shown as holes and not points?

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Nat Wheatley Members Profile Find Members Posts Expert Joined: 27 August 2015 Location: United States Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nat Wheatley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Drilling 5mm Holes Software: Other Level: Posted: 02 April 2016 at 6:04pm
	Sorry for the rookie questions...I'm importing DXF's that have 5mm holes on them. I can seem to setup a toolpath strategy that will recognize the holes. I'm trying to use 'drill point', but it's not seeing them. I'm guessing because they're shown as holes and not points?

Stewey Members Profile Find Members Posts Professional Joined: 07 May 2008 Location: Australia Points: 89	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stewey Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Software: Other Level: Posted: 02 April 2016 at 6:35pm
	For some reason 'drill point' doesn't work for me either. I have not figured out why, yet. I do a circle of the needed diameter and do an offset contour inside it, instead.

Nat Wheatley Members Profile Find Members Posts Expert Joined: 27 August 2015 Location: United States Points: 11	Post Options Post Reply Quote Nat Wheatley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Software: Other Level: Posted: 02 April 2016 at 8:01pm
	Think I've got it. There's a 'Drill Centers' option under the Toolpath tab. Doesn't appear to be an icon for it, though on the left side of the screen for some reason.

paloalto_17 Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Joined: 29 October 2012 Location: United States Points: 195	Post Options Post Reply Quote paloalto_17 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Software: Other Level: Posted: 04 April 2016 at 4:22pm
	Nat, You are correct you want to setup a Drill Centers strategy. Best Regards, Aaron

N Sign Members Profile Find Members Posts Professional Joined: 22 December 2015 Points: 95	Post Options Post Reply Quote N Sign Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Software: Other Level: Posted: 15 April 2016 at 9:07am
	If you click the drill icon on the left and hold for a second more options will appear. only the icons though so I'd use the tabs at eh top of the screen for a while until you recognize the icons. Clicking and holding the Edit Points icon showed a lot of editing options I had been looking for whe I first got this version of Enroute. The drill by amount vs. drill by tool diameter is a nice feature if you're are making parts that go together where one is tapped and one has a through-hole you dont have to outline all your tap-sized holes to make the through-holes in the second part.