The Counter bore options control the default behavior for tool selection for counter bore operations. Select Use counter bore to default to a counter bore tool or select Use endmill to make circular interpolation with an endmill the default. Select Automatic to have FeatureCAM first attempt to select a counter bore and to use an endmill as a secondary choice.
Spot drill tool — Select from:
Preferred diameter — This is the diameter of the spot drill or center drill that is preferred for all holes.
Tool diameter tolerance — This is the tolerance used when selecting a tool for an operation. If the tool diameter is within the tolerance of the tool, the tool is selected.
Drill % of ream/bore — This is the percentage of the Hole diameter to use for selecting tooling for undersize drilling operation. For example, if set to 95, a drilling operation is created with a diameter that is 95% of the nominal Hole diameter.
Tap type — Select the type of tap from:
Deburr chamfer tool — Select the default tool for chamfer operations. The selected tool is used for any new chamfer operations you create, and any existing chamfer operations which use the default tool are updated.
Tool % of arc radius controls the size of the tool that FeatureCAM automatically selects.
Optimize spot drill tool selection — Select this option to automatically spot drill all Holes with the largest spot drill that would be used for a collection of Holes.
Optimize chamfer tool selection — Select this option to automatically chamfer all Holes with the largest chamfer that would be used for a collection of Holes.
Multiple Roughing Tools — Displays the Multiple Roughing Tools for Milling dialog.
Tool Holder Clearance — Displays the Tool Holder Clearance dialog.