Choose a machine, material and configuration for a part

You choose the part's machine, material and configuration in the Assessment stage, under Shop setup. CAM Assist needs all three before it can run.

Choose a machine

1. Open the Assessment stage.
2. Under Shop setup, click Machine and pick a machine. Search the list, or scroll through From this CAM session, My machines and CloudNC library. Favorites come first in each group.
3. To create a new machine, click Add machine at the bottom of the list. CAM Assist selects it when you save it. See Add or edit a machine.

A machine marked Incomplete is missing details. Hover over it to see which, or click the pencil next to the selected machine to fix it. See Machine details CAM Assist needs.

Choose a material

1. Under Shop setup, click Material and pick a material. Favorites come first.
2. To create one, click Add material at the bottom of the list. See Add or edit a material.

A material marked Incomplete has no ISO classification. See "<material> is invalid, please populate the ISO category".

Choose a configuration

A configuration holds the clearances, stock to leave, finishing and cutting parameter settings CAM Assist uses. See Configuration settings.

1. Under Shop setup, click Configuration and pick one. CloudNC's own configurations are under CloudNC and are read-only.
2. If the one you want isn't listed, click Manage in My Shop and mark it as a favorite: this list shows only favorite configurations and the one already selected. See The Configurations page in My Shop.
3. If the part has configuration changes of its own, CAM Assist asks Replace local configuration changes? Click Replace local changes to use the new configuration, or Keep current configuration to cancel.

To create a configuration, click Create configuration at the bottom of the list. To change the selected one for this part, click the pencil next to it, or click Configuration at the top of the Setups, Feature planning or Tools stage.

Under the list:

• 1 setting uses the CloudNC default. (or several): your configuration leaves some settings empty, so CAM Assist fills them from CloudNC's defaults. Click Review to check them.
• A dot on the configuration (Locally modified) means you've changed settings for this part only.
• Could not load saved configurations.: click Retry.

Manage next to Shop setup opens My Shop.

If CAM Assist still can't run

The Assessment stage's status banner, and the Run CAM Assist tooltip, show what's missing:

Related articles

• The guided workflow stages
• Why can't I run CAM Assist?