Add a new tool to one of your own tool libraries by entering its details in CAM Assist. To bring in many tools from your CAM package instead, see Import a tool library or machine into CAM Assist.
Before you start
- You need your own library. CloudNC libraries are read-only. See Create a tool library in CAM Assist.
- Have the tool's dimensions to hand. See Tool geometry fields by tool type for what each type needs.
Add the assembly
- In the header, click My Shop, then Tool libraries, and pick your library.
- Click Add > New tool assembly.
- On the Assembly tab, enter a Name and Description, and check the Tool number.
- Enter the Stickout: how far the tool protrudes from the holder.
- Click Next.
- On the Tool tab, choose a tool:
- Create new tool: pick its type, then enter its sizes. See Edit a tool's geometry.
- Or pick a tool that's already in the library from the list.
- Click Next.
- On the Holder tab, click Create new holder and enter its geometry, or pick an existing holder. See Edit a tool holder. Click Next.
- On the Presets tab, optionally add cutting parameters. See Add or edit cutting parameter presets.
- Click Save.
CAM Assist shows Tool assembly created, and the new assembly is selected in the library.
You can also pick the tool and holder on the Assembly tab, from the Tool and Tool holder lists. A tool or holder used by other assemblies says so: changes to it apply to all of them.
If the assembly isn't complete yet, clicking Save shows the errors on each tab instead of saving. Hover over Save to see Still needed to save: and what's missing. See Can't save a tool assembly.
Videos
These CloudNC Academy videos were recorded with an earlier version of CAM Assist, so some screens look different.
- How to add tools in CAM Assist for Fusion
- How to add tools in CAM Assist for GibbsCAM
- How to add tools in CAM Assist for Mastercam