Holes directly from svg or dxf

Easel
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Hello everyone,

I have a project with hundereds of holes I’d like to drill with the drill function. Is there a way to have easel detect them directly as holes from small circles, dot. points or anything from the dxf or svg file ?

Now I import my dxf with small circles but then I have to create a hole, center it on my circle, remove the circle… One by one.

Thanks

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Doesn’t easel take the circle in your dxf as a toolpath and if you selected say a 1/4" bit, the resultant hole is 3/8" Dia? That’s how it is in UGS. It would be combination of tool selection and circle drawn to get the hole you want. If you wanted a larger hole you’d have to cut out the inside.

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@SeanMooney Created an Easel app:
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Yes it does but what I want is the drill function (up down Z without XY motion) as it’s way faster. Also my holes are 1mm in diameter and I want to make them with a 1mm bit.

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How does it work ? Now when I click on this icon I only get a hole placed randomly and then I align it my my circle. Is there a “convert” function I missed ?

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It says to select the circles that you want to convert (before you open App).
Maybe your circles are not actually circles?

Can you share the Easel Project?

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Here is the link to the project: hhttps://easel.inventables.com/projects/rhIiPb1LtssBh71ZimGh2Q

All the holes are 2mm diameter circles in the dxf I imported. I’ve tried to set the bit diameter to 1.9 (no luck) and I’ll have to set it down to as low as 1.8 if I want easel to try to cut anything. But again I’d prefer to be able to use the drill function for those holes and keep the true bit diameter…

Thanks

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holes2Drill
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Awesome ! Thanks guys !!!