Restricted drilling areas exclude the affected area from the calculation of drilling coordinates. Two situations are differentiated here:
- Placement of cut-outs or items with drilling patterns via an already defined restricted drilling area: Placement of cut-outs is not possible. Items with drilling patterns can be placed, the drilling patterns will, however, not be displayed in the drilling view and will not be exported as NC data.
- Placement of a restricted drilling area via already existing cut-outs or items with drilling patterns: Already existing drill holes from drilling patterns which are contained in this area are not displayed in the drilling view and are not exported. Already existing cut-outs are still displayed and exported as NC data even though a restricted drilling area was placed over them. Such cut-outs have to be manually deleted if they are not to be contained in the NC export. For determining such cut-outs, check run 026013 can be used.
Restricted drilling areas are placed in the same way as restricted placing areas. In contrast to restricted placing areas, however, the restricted drilling areas penetrate the entire item and are also visible and effective on the opposite side.
Restricted drilling areas are displayed in the layout space navigator for each mounting surface under the Locked areas hierarchy level.
Precondition:
You have opened a project. A layout space is open. An enclosure or a mounting panel has been placed.
- Select the Insert > Locked area > Restricted drilling area menu items.
- Move the cursor to the area to be locked to activate it automatically, or activate a mounting surface directly in the layout space navigator.
The automatically or directly activated mounting surface is identified in color. Input is now only possible on this area. - Draw the rectangle that represents the restricted drilling area.
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