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10 Drilling/NC
EPLAN Cabinet Drilling/NC allows you to print 1:1-scale drilling patterns for
enclosure parts. These templates can be used for quick and accurate manual
drilling of mounting panels.
EPLAN Cabinet transfers data for machining mounting panels, doors and side
panels directly to drilling and milling machines. The program has built-in interfaces
to most usual NC machines. The result is a set of fully assembly-ready enclosure
parts and major time savings in production.
Method
Drilling patterns are defined in the Central Parts Management (CPM) database and
assigned to parts by name. Each drilling pattern matches one part. The coordinates
always relate to the bottom left corner of the part. Drilling patterns are extracted
from the CPM database and copied to the project database when EPLAN Cabinet
is running.
Drilling/NC toolbar
This command changes the view on the project drawing. With drilling view
displayed, all drilling points are visible. Selecting the command a second time hides
them again.
Drilling view has to be displayed in order to create drilling templates.
Drilling/NC toolbar
Drilling patterns are loaded from the parts management into the project database.
Cable ducts, mounting rails and other components can have drilled holes. If their
master data are modified in the parts management, the drilling views must be
matched to the new data situation.
Drilling templates are 1:1-scale 2D drawings that show the coordinates of all drilling
points for ducts, mounting rails and fittable components on a mounting panel. They
can be printed out at a scale of 1:1 for immediate use as templates for drilling work.
Drilling/NC toolbar
The command works automatically. For each populated panel in the project, it
generates a 2D drawing with drilling points and their coordinates, and saves it in a
subdirectory of the project directory named after the component (for example
MOUNTING PANEL).
Drilling template for an entire mounting panel
A blocking surface for drilling prevents drilling points being identified in the area
covered. Holes in the area are not included in drilling layouts and NC data and so
are not drilled.
Drilling/NC toolbar
If required, blocking surfaces can be added to the master data for the mounting
panel. You are asked if you want this when you finish specifying a blocking surface.
To create a blocking surface, specify the two corners of a box. You can also specify
the first point and then enter X and Y coordinates for the second point as numbers.
The new blocking surface is shown under the mounting panel in the Navigator. To
delete a blocking surface, right-click it and choose Delete on the context menu.
This command transfers the coordinates of drillings in the layout as control data to
an NC drilling system.
NC toolbar
Choose the machine type you want. The supported formats are:
Perforex drill (*.PPR)
Steinhauer drill (*.CNS)
Standard DXF (*.DXF), machine-independent
Machine
When select a machine type, the program looks up data for the specified machine
in the project database and uses that data to complete the boxes in the dialogue.
Material
Selecting a material causes a code to be sent to the machine that determines
machining speeds and depths for the workpiece.
Use
Diameter of the milling tool to be used (default 6 mm).
Rough borer
Tool diameter for drilling the start of the milling cut.
Steinhauer format
For the Steinhauer machine format, one NC data file is generated with a CNC file
name extension. All necessary data are contained in the one file.
Perforex format
For the Perforex machine format, six files are generated in a subdirectory called
"Kiesling". The files contain the material, machine and drilling data separately.
Drilling/NC Toolbar
General
AutoCAD version: Using the AutoCAD version to select the format to be used for
writing DXF data.
Codepage: Defines the character set to be used. The default is the Windows
character set CP_ANSI_1252.
Panel
Mounting panels are represented as geometric forms in the DXF file and are
assigned specific layers and colors. The default layer name is PANEL.
Item silhouettes
Silhouettes of 3D items show their spatial limits in addition to the basic contours
and extrusion paths. They can be output on separate layers and receive a color
assignment. The default layer name is ITEM.
Holes
Holes are represented as geometric forms in the DXF export and are assigned
specific layers and colors.
Always output as hole
The hole is generated as a DXF circle element with a center. The circle is assigned
a separate layer (default name is HOLE) and a color.
A text with a prefix (e.g. "Drill with ") can be alternatively or additionally defined for
output with the hole, this also receives a separate layer (default HOLE TEXT) and
color.
The machine finds the position of the hole via the center of the hole circle in the
DXF file. The information defining the diameter to be drilled at this point is in the
descriptive text placed at the center of the hole circle.
Always output as contour
The hole is generated as a contour description.
From n mm diameter, output as contour
Up to the value specified here, holes are output as holes. The layer names and
colors for circle and text are definable. If the diameter of a hole exceeds this value,
then it is generated as a contour description.
Thread
Threads are generated in largely the same manner as holes. They can be
generated
as circles with assigned layer names and colors
or as text with a prefix (default: M) + diameter in mm
The text has the default layer name THREAD TEXT.
Contours
Contours, e.g. drilling contours, are output on the default layer CONTOUR.
[OK]
The generated DXF files are stored in the NcDxf subdirectory of the project
directory.
10.6 NC configuration
Tools | NC Configuration
NC Configuration
You do not have to specify a new machine, but can choose to modify an existing
one instead.
Processing modes
According to the machine uses, specify whether if it is a drill, thread tapper and/or
milling cutter.
Transfer directory
Select a directory where the export data will be saved in addition to the project
directory. The machine shop workstation must have access to this directory.
Material ID
You can specify up to three different material IDs. These are selected when
exporting and transferred to the machine. These settings must be checked against
those on the machine.
Heights
A height of 0 here always means the top edge of the workpiece.
Height over material
Height at which the cutter travels above the workpiece: the height to which the
cutter tip is raised when the tool is not cutting (e.g. for a fin).
Working level 1/working level 2
Cutter penetration depth (beneath the top edge of the workpiece). The cutter varies
between the two values so that it wears more evenly.
The machine manufacturer recommends the values -4 and -7.
Example:
Select a rounded rectangle at the left of the dialog as the original hole to be
replaced and set the size values.
The rectangle is to be replaced with the slotted hole with the required sizes
selected at the right of the dialog.
Click [OK] to enter the defined drilling exceptions into the "Drilling exceptions"
dialog.
Clicking [OK] in the "Drilling exceptions" dialog saves the definitions for this
machine and closes the dialog.