Drill point default angle

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Drill point default angle

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We are wanting to change our default drill point angle from 118° to 135° to conform to customers standards. Is there a place to do this easily. I've checked in the Hole Wizard database & I see nothing for the drill point angle default. We don't want to have to manually do this for every hole that we create
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I am pretty sure that can't be changed. I found SPR#542249, but it hasn't had any activity since it was created.
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So, i tried to create a hole wizard hole, change the custom drill tip to 135 degrees, then delete the hole, and the part, then saved that part as the template.

Then created a new part and added a new hole. And the 135 showed up! I was excited....

Until I realized that this part of the hole wizard is not set in the template, it simply remembers that last one that you used and used that. If I change it again, without saving it as a template, then that is now the new setup.

Found this on the SWYM:
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https://r1132100503382-eu1-3dswym.3dexp ... kN0rUEAvog
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You could probably modify the underlying sketch, if you can find where it lives.
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You can create a favourite with your angle. So you can select it when needed.
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Frank_Oostendorp wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 2:19 am You can create a favourite with your angle. So you can select it when needed.

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I think that this is your best bet.
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