Looking for help or insight on what others are doing for pierce points for holes to be drill out after a part is cut out. I’m fairly new to this and some times I need a precision hole verse a torch cut but would like to have a pierce point put on part to know exactly where I need to drill at. What size do you draw hole (pierce) to to achieve this ?
There are several ways to accomplish this task but what I have found to be easiest is to draw a hole a .250 diameter. Setup a new tool in your library that has a kerf width of .249. Create a toolpath and select all the 1/4" holes that you want a pilot hole for. Select your tool from the previous step. Make sure it’s set to in computer, no lead in, no lead out and pierce clearance set to zero.
Check the simulation to make sure the toolpath is inside if the hole.
When you run the gcode the machine will create a hole the diameter of actual kerf width plus .001"
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That’s exactly what I wanted to know too thanks