Add or edit cutting parameter presets

Save your own feeds and speeds for a tool, so you can apply them to a program instead of CAM Assist's calculated values. For what presets do, see What is a cutting parameter preset?

Before you start

The tool must be in your own library or the session library. CloudNC tools are read-only. See Copy tools to another tool library.

Add a preset

You can add a preset from the tool list or from the tool assembly editor.

From the tool list (saved straight away):

1. In My Shop > Tool libraries, click the tool's row.
2. In the details pane, under Presets, click Add preset.
3. Fill in the preset (below) and click Save.

From the tool assembly editor (saved with the tool):

1. Open the tool in the tool assembly editor and click the Presets tab.
2. Click Add preset.
3. Fill in the preset (below) and click Save.
4. Click Save in the editor to save the tool and its presets.

In the editor, preset changes are only kept when you save the tool. Cancel and Discard changes throw them away.

Fill in the preset

1. Keep the suggested Name ("Preset #1") or type your own.
2. Choose the Usage. Usages the tool already allows are under Allowed usages; the rest are under All usages.
3. Choose the Material, or leave All to use the preset for any material.
4. Fill in the cutting parameters. Required fields are marked with an asterisk. Where a field shows Suggested value, click Apply to use it. See Cutting parameter preset fields by operation.

If the usage or material isn't yet allowed for the tool, saving the preset adds it to the tool's allowed lists.

Changing the Usage of a preset resets its cutting parameters to the defaults for that usage.

Edit, copy or remove a preset

Click a preset row to edit it. On the editor's Presets tab, the row menu (⋮) also offers:

• Edit: change any field, then Save.
• Duplicate: copies the preset with "copy" added to the name.
• Remove: asks you to confirm. The preset is only removed when you save the tool. The confirmation mentions a Done button; in the editor, that's Save.
• Cutting Parameters Explorer: fills the preset from CloudNC's recommendations. See Use the Cutting Parameters Explorer to fill a preset.

Preset status icons

On the editor's Presets tab, each preset has a status:

In the tool list, hovering over the status of a tool with an invalid preset shows "One or more presets are invalid. For best results, fix them before running CAM Assist."

Videos

These CloudNC Academy videos were recorded with an earlier version of CAM Assist, so some screens look different.

• How to set up tool presets in CAM Assist for Fusion
• How to setup your tool presets in CAM Assist for GibbsCAM
• How to setup your presets in CAM Assist for Mastercam
• How to Setup Presets in CAM Assist for Siemens NX

Related articles

• Save cutting parameters as a preset
• What is a cutting parameter preset?