The Materials page in My Shop lists the stock materials CAM Assist can calculate cutting parameters for. Use it to mark favorites, add your own materials, and fix materials with no ISO classification. You choose the material for a part in the Assessment stage.
Open the Materials page
- Click My Shop in the header.
- Click Materials in the My Shop sidebar.
From the Assessment stage, you can also click Manage in My Shop at the bottom of the Material list.
What's on the page
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Add material | Creates your own material. See Add or edit a material in CAM Assist. |
| Search materials | Finds materials by name, notes, ISO class or workpiece group. |
| ISO class chips | Show only one ISO class: Steel, Stainless steel, Cast iron, Aluminum, Superalloys and titanium or Hard materials. |
| Favorites only | Shows only your favorites. Clear filters removes the filters. |
| Star | Marks a favorite. Favorites are listed first in the Assessment stage's Material list. |
| Material | The name, your notes or where it comes from, and In this part for the material the open part uses. |
| ISO classification | The material's ISO class, or Unrecognized if it has none. |
| Workpiece material group | The material group and the standard it comes from. |
| Status | Ready, or Incomplete when the ISO classification is missing. |
| ⋯ | The row menu: see below. |
Click a column heading to sort by it. Click a row to see its details in the side panel; double-click it to open it.
Where materials come from
| Shown as | What it is | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| CloudNC library | A built-in material supplied by CloudNC | View, favorite, Duplicate. To change one, duplicate it and edit the copy. |
| Custom | A material someone in your organization added | Edit, favorite, Duplicate, Remove |
| From CAM session | The material set in your CAM package for this part | Edit, Save as to keep it as one of your own materials |
Duplicate names the copy "<name> copy". Remove asks you to confirm and can't be undone.
A material shows "Incomplete"
The tooltip says "ISO category is missing." CAM Assist needs an ISO classification to use a material. Open ⋯ > Edit, choose an ISO classification, and click Done. This mostly happens with session materials from your CAM package. See "<material> is invalid, please populate the ISO category" in CAM Assist.
Terms used
- ISO classification: the material group CAM Assist uses: Steel (P), Stainless steel (M), Cast iron (K), Aluminum, copper and non-metallic (N), Superalloys and titanium (S), or Hard materials (H).
- Session material: the material from the part open in your CAM package. It's only available while that part is open, unless you Save as.