The formula is Pi X Diameter, which gives you the total circumference around the outside of your part. You can also just use the normal 'Drill' toolpath, and lay out your points with the spacing between them set by using the diameter of your workpiece. I'll know for sure later when I get to work and apply it to the job I'm doing. I have an educational seat here at home and I did seem to get the results I'm looking for with Toolpath - Transform - Rotate from the information provided here. Thank you all for the great advice! While the Verisurf method is definitely the most direct way of doing it, the large corporation I work for does not allow us to install anything into our work stations. If you did it wrong something in the nci file gets set wrong and it will not work even if reset to the above mentioned values. I do rotary transforms all the time with little or no issues. Toolpath Transform will certainly do it but it will create a new call at each position, not just A output. Important thing to note in either case is depending if your rotation view is from left or from right rotation will control the direction of rotation at the machine, if its a pattern all the way around the part evenly spaced its not an issue either way, if its multiple patterns with timing or if its timed to other features its very important to verify your rotation is correct. Well, once again I learned something new. I have to do it in X8, it's the oldest version I have but this will work throughout the Mastercam series. This seems like a lot of work, especially if a parameter needs to be changed now in 18 places.

The only other way I know of to do this would be to create a toolpath for each hole, each at it's own view. All I've been able to do with it so far is rotate my toolpath about the tool plane, which is not the result I'm looking for. The A-axis will need to index in 20 degree increments to locate each hole.

They are all located at the same X and Y coordinate. I have to drill 18 identical holes, equally spaced, around the circumference of part. Hi, I'm a relatively new user of Mastercam X7 and I'm writing a program for a cylindrical part that will run in my rotary axis A-axis. This message will be removed once you have signed in. Register now to participate in the forums, access the download area, buy Mastercam training materials, post processors and more.

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