Fix or complete a tool's dimensions in CAM Assist, for example when a tool imported from your CAM package shows Needs update. Changes apply to this tool library only; to change the tool in your CAM package too, export the library afterwards.
Before you start
The tool must be in your own library or the session library. To change a CloudNC tool, copy it first. See Copy tools to another tool library.
Edit the geometry
- In the header, click My Shop, then Tool libraries, and pick the library.
- Double-click the tool's row to open the tool assembly editor.
- Click the Tool tab.
- Fill in or correct the fields. Still to fill in lists required fields that are empty; click one to jump to it. Each section header shows how many of its fields are set and how many are still required.
- Where a field shows Suggested value, click Apply to use it.
- Click Save.
For a quick change to one value, such as the stickout or a diameter, click the tool's row and edit the value in the details pane instead. See The tool list and tool details.
You can also open the editor from the Tools stage: click a tool, then the edit icon in its details. If the tool's only problem is its stickout, the details offer Set stickout to a length that fixes it.
Tips
- Find a field: type in Find a tool property to match field names and values. Use Previous result and Next result to step through matches.
- Either/or fields: some fields only need one of a pair, for example overall length (OAL) or protruding length (LPR). See Tool geometry fields by tool type.
- Errors: lists problems CAM Assist found with the whole assembly.
- Wrong tool type: you can't change the type of a tool that's already in the library. Add a new tool of the right type instead. See Add a tool assembly to a tool library.
If saving fails, see Can't save a tool assembly.