Swap the tool assembly an operation uses for another one from the tool libraries chosen for the part. CAM Assist only offers tools that can do the operation.
Change the tool
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In the Program stage, click the operation's row to open its panel.
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Under Strategy, click the tool, then Change tool assembly. The strategy editor opens and Select tool assembly opens over it.
If the strategy editor is already open, click the tool card under Tool assembly, then Change tool assembly. If no tool is set, click Choose tool assembly.
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Narrow the list with the filters if needed: Search, Tool type, Diameter (Diameter min and Diameter max), and, depending on the tools listed, Corner radius, Depth of cut max, Usable length, Thread diameter, Thread pitch, Point angle, Cutting edge angle and Cutting width. The count shows how many tools match.
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Click Select on the tool you want.
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Click Apply in the strategy editor.
The tool in use is marked Current and listed first. Tools marked Preferred are listed first within their type. If you see No tool assemblies match this filter., click Clear filters.
If you opened the picker from the operation panel and close it with Close without choosing a tool, the edit is canceled. If you see No tool assemblies suit this operation., no tool in the part's libraries can do this operation.
Other settings may change to suit the new tool unless you lock them. See What do locked and unlocked settings mean?
Tips
- For a Partial and Rest pair, there's a tool field for each operation: Partial tool assembly and Rest tool assembly.
- For drilling and boring, tick Select from all appropriate twist drills to choose any twist drill long enough for the hole, whatever its diameter.
- For roughing, changing the tool resets any volume boundary changes. Change the tool first. See Change roughing boundaries.
- A CloudNC icon (Built-in CloudNC library) marks a tool from a built-in library. Click View tool assembly, or Edit tool assembly for your own tools, to look at a tool without leaving the picker. See The tool assembly editor.
If the tool you want isn't offered, check it's in a tool library chosen for the part in the Tools stage, and allowed for this usage and material. See Set a tool's allowed usages.