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[mohan kommineni]

we are trying to do a job which got 6mm holes in 32mm apart in rows and 16mm apart in coloums and when i use dxf in cn it is using only one drill instead i want use 5 drills from the drill bank, what iam doing wrong pls advice

thanks

[Ryan Hochgesang]

Hi Mohan,

As we discussed in our phone conversation this morning, DXF files do not currently support multi drill, drilling operations, however, we are aware of this particular situation and will work on addressing it as soon as possible. The other option that you would have, would be to create your panels in eCabinet software and then nest the twd file in control nesting. I will take the sample dxf file that you mentioned you were going to email, and try to give you an example on how to utilize with eCab part editor.

[Daniel Vonderheide]

After looking into this issue more, it seems that CN is able to select the drill bank when using dxf files, but it only seems to be able to do this with imperial settings and dxf files. We will need to test this more to make sure though.

[Daniel Vonderheide]

This has been tested on both metric and imperial machines. If CN is set to imperial and the dxf is imperial, Cn can sellect the drill bank if set up properly. This means that you are able to convert your dxf file to imperial and then change CN to "inches and decimals" in the settings area and you will be able to nest and write the cnc code to use the drill banks.

[Daniel Vonderheide]

Mohan,

Just wanted to follow up and see if you were able to get the part cut using this conversion for now? If you had any issues please send an email with all the needed files(dxf file and machine export) to program@thermwood.com. Thanks!