Keep the tools from the part open in your CAM package as a tool library in CAM Assist. Session tools are only available while that part is open; a saved library stays in CAM Assist.
Save the session tools
- In the header, click My Shop, then Tool libraries.
- In the library picker, choose the session library. It's marked From CAM session.
- Click ⋮ (Library actions) and choose Save as.
- Enter a Tool library name, or keep the suggested "Session tool library # 1". It must be unique.
- If CAM Assist also asks which stock materials the tools apply to, click Specify material and pick them. Some of the session presets have no material, and Save stays greyed out until you choose at least one.
- Click Save.
CAM Assist saves the library, marks it as a favorite, and opens it.
To use the new library on your part instead of the session tools, choose it in the Tools stage. See Add or remove tool libraries for a part.
Save also stays greyed out when the session has no tools. If CAM Assist shows "Failed to retrieve the tool library. Please try again.", click Retry.
Videos
These CloudNC Academy videos were recorded with an earlier version of CAM Assist, so some screens look different.