The types of holes that are supported by AFM are any hole which has a cross-section that is made purely of straight line segments. In addition to this there cannot be any concave sections in the cross-section. The supported hole types are shown below.
Hole Feature Types Supported
Note all of these holes have straight line cross-sections with no concavities. In addition to this, the segments that make up a hole's cross-section can be classified as 3 distinct types.
1.Vertical
2.Horizontal
3.Angled
The Angled segment is a segment that makes an angle between 0 and 90 degrees to the vertical. That is 0 < angle < 90. The reason for these three distinctions is that each type of segment will be machined in a similar manner. Thus Vertical segments may be drilled, horizontal segments may be spot-faced and angled segments may be machined with a tool of a similar angle.