I encounter a situation from time to time in WF5, and now in Creo in which a drill appears to retract to the retract plane in the tool path view - but when viewed in material removal simulation the drill travels through the part from on hole to the next. I am curious what other people do to overcome this?
The operation is set to use the retract plane always. The retract plane is 3"
Retract Parmeter is set at 3.85"
The holes lie on a flange 180degrees apart from one another.
The tool needs to retract after the first hole in order to clear the middle portion of this hub which is .85" taller than the flange. (Hence the 3.85" retract parameter)
If you place the tool on the tool path, it shows that the tool (even though it appears retracted) is actually at z=-.85".
Anyone else get this issue?
Thanks!