The Tools stage lists the tool libraries CAM Assist can use for this part. Add the libraries you want CAM Assist to pick tools from, and remove the ones you don't.
Before you start
Your tool libraries must be in CAM Assist already. If you have none, import a tool library or create one first.
Add tool libraries
- Click Tools in the top bar.
- Click Choose libraries.
- In Choose tool libraries, tick the libraries you want. Type in Search libraries to find one by name. Libraries the part already uses show Already in this part.
- Click Choose 1 library (or Choose and the number of libraries).
The libraries appear under Chosen libraries, each with its number of tools, how many are usable, and how many are invalid.
To make a new library, click New library in Choose tool libraries. It takes you to My Shop > Tool libraries.
Remove a tool library
Click the remove icon (Remove library name from this part) on the library's row. It's removed from this part straight away; the library itself isn't deleted.
Tools you added one at a time, for example from AI suggestions, are listed under Individual tools. Remove them the same way.
Check which tools CAM Assist can use
The banner at the top of the stage says Tools ready, Tools need attention or Tools blocked, with the issues to check.
Expand a library to see its tools. A tool CAM Assist can't use shows why: Has errors, Disabled, Not for this material, No usable preset or No toolpath types allowed. Hover over the label for details.
Click a tool to open its details. Under Availability for this part, each check passes or fails, and some offer a fix:
- Tool is valid: shows the first problem. If the stickout is the cause, click Set stickout to the suggested length.
- Enabled: turn the tool on with the switch on its row.
- Applicable stock material: click Allow and the material name to let the tool cut the part's material.
- Cutting parameters: where the tool's cutting parameters come from, and how many presets it has.
Under Toolpath types, click a usage to allow or stop it. In your own libraries you can also click a value, such as the stickout, to change it, then click Save.
The switch next to a tool, and any fix you make here, changes the tool in its library, for every part that uses that library.
To change other tool details, click the edit icon in the tool's details to open the tool assembly editor, or Open in My Shop to open its library. If you change a tool the current program uses, CAM Assist offers to run again: click Run CAM Assist, or Ignore to run later.
Messages you might see
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| No tool libraries chosen yet. Choose the libraries whose tools CAM Assist can use. | Click Choose libraries. |
| Tool libraries could not be loaded. Please try again. | Click Retry. |
| Tools could not be loaded (on one library) | Click Retry on that library. |
| Not every tool library could be loaded. (in Choose tool libraries) | Click Retry. |
| This library holds no tools. | Add tools to the library, or remove it from the part. |