To facilitate costing of sheet metal parts from machining templates, you can convert circular cut paths into drilled holes.
You can also revert drilled holes back to cut paths.
To convert a circular cut path to a drilled hole for a sheet metal part:
- Click Costing
(Tools toolbar or the Evaluate tab on the CommandManager) or .
- In the Costing Task Pane, click Costing Options
(upper left corner).
- In the dialog box, select Use machining template for sheet metal parts and click OK twice.
- To set up the cost estimate, in the Costing Task Pane, select the template and material.
Keep Plate as the Stock Body selection.
- In the CostingManager, expand the Cut Paths folder, right-click a circular cut path, and click Change to Drill.
To revert the drilled hole to a cut path, expand the Holes folder, right-click the drilled hole, and click Change to Cut Path.