Sorted Drills

[Packmers]

Hi
i've to drill different size's on one board, sometimes more then 500 drill with 3-4 sizes.
How can I sort the, when I select the face i got them all but without any order.
Thx
Packmers...

[chrisb]

i've to drill different size's on one board, sometimes more then 500 drill with 3-4 sizes.
How can I sort the, when I select the face i got them all but without any order.

Hi Packmers, welcome to the forum. I don't think that it is possible, but you can create 4 clones of your base object and model the holes separately. Then you can create a separate job for each of the clones.

[Packmers]

Hi Chris
thank you for your Idea.
It's possible to get the different Drill-G-Files, but I've to separate them by Hand.
There is some ideas i have:
- the Base Geometry-List should sort the entries by Pressing the Diameter-"Button", so its easy to remove the "wrong" holes
- or the Drill takes only diameters of the selected Tool-size (this makes sense, or not?)
packmers wieder...

[chrisb]

There is some ideas i have:
- the Base Geometry-List should sort the entries by Pressing the Diameter-"Button", so its easy to remove the "wrong" holes

Good proposal

- or the Drill takes only diameters of the selected Tool-size (this makes sense, or not?)

Not good proposal. Of course the drill must not be bigger than the hole - and I think PathWB checks this -, but you might well start with a center bore where you want to drill holes of all (larger or equal) diameter.

[roivai]

There is some ideas i have:
- the Base Geometry-List should sort the entries by Pressing the Diameter-"Button", so its easy to remove the "wrong" holes

Good proposal

Yes it is. I am pretty sure it was possible at some point, maybe something got lost when the refactoring of all Path Ops was done. I will create a PR. Currently, clicking the vertical header ("Diameter" for example) selects the whole column. I don't think that has any practical uses so replacing that with sorting seems reasonable.

- or the Drill takes only diameters of the selected Tool-size (this makes sense, or not?)

Not good proposal. Of course the drill must not be bigger than the hole - and I think PathWB checks this -, but you might well start with a center bore where you want to drill holes of all (larger or equal) diameter.

I am kind of agreeing with the original idea. It would be nice to have a way to drill only the holes that have the same diameter as the tool. This thread is a great example of the need for that. It should not be the default option maybe though. One problem is that the method used to get the diameter of the hole (boundinbox width) is rather inaccurate so there would have to be loose tolerances for matching the holes with the tool diameter.

[chrisb]

It would be nice to have a way to drill only the holes that have the same diameter as the tool.

I fully agree with that as the standard option.

[Packmers]

would be great, if it could be implemented.
packmers...

[GeneFC]

I fully agree with that as the standard option.

OK, as long as that does not become the only option. I often abuse the FreeCAD Path workbench by doing things like intentionally drilling the wrong size holes.

Gene

[chrisb]

OK, as long as that does not become the only option. I often abuse the FreeCAD Path workbench by doing things like intentionally drilling the wrong size holes.

I support this. Automatism is great, overriding it is even greater.

[roivai]

PR for making the list sortable.
https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/1581

Quickly tested and it works as supposed. Is anyone able to spot any side effects of this?