Tool table - Edit

This page enables you to add new tools or edit the existing tools in the Tool Library.

Managing tools

SolidCAM enables you to manage the tools in the tool table with the buttons at the bottom of the dialog box.

All the operations are also available with the right-click menu.

The following options are available:

Permanent Tool

If a particular tool that is being used is always in the same magazine position in the machine, the tool can be marked as a Permanent Tool. If you use the Tool Renumbering function, a tool that is marked as a Permanent Tool will not be renumbered.

Add Tool

This option enables you to add a new tool.

Copy Tool

This option enables you to create a copy of an existing tool.

Delete Tool

This option enables you to delete the selected tool.

Tools Renumbering

This option enables you to renumber the tools.

Import Tool

This option enables you to import tools to the Tool Library from the Current Tool Library or any other Tool Library. The Tool Libraries list will be displayed. The Current Tool Library, which is the first in the list, will be automatically chosen.

SolidCAM enables you to choose the location of the Tool Tables for the tools import.

The Library Name list enables you to choose the Tool library for the tools import.

The Parts check box enables you to import tools from the CAM-Parts situated in the specified location.

With the File type option SolidCAM enables you to import tools from SolidCAM Tool libraries, Excel files and from CSV-files.

If the Current Tool Library is defined, it will be automatically chosen as origin for tools imports.

The Tool list displays all the tools contained in the specified tool library. Right-click on the selected tools to import one or several tools from the list.

The Copy to Table command imports the selected tools to the Tool Library.

The Copy all to Table command imports all the tools to the Tool Library.

Update to Machine Tool table

This option enables you to update the Machine tool Table with the tools of an active Tool Table.

This option is available when the Tool Table dialog box is loaded outside the Operation.

This option is active only when the Machine Tool Table is defined in the MAC file.

The Update to Machine tool table dialog box will be displayed.

This dialog box displays the name of the Machine Tool Table. The Used Tools only option enables you to update the Machine Tool Table only with the tools used in Operations.

Export all tools

This option enables you to export all the tool data to an Excel-compatible file (*.xls; *.csv).

Tool data

The Tool Data area displays the parameters of the selected tool.

User tool type

This field shows the tool type.

These types are the internal tool types. SolidCAM checks the possibility of a specific internal tool type to work in the selected operation.

The Topology page contains the Topology Data of the tool such as diameter, length, angle, corner radius, etc.

Defaults

The default parameters defined for the tool are automatically inserted in the operation that uses such a tool. This provides the following advantages:

Reduces to a minimum the technological parameters that have to be defined inside the operation since nearly all of them automatically receive their values from the defaults when a tool is chosen.
If several operations use the same tool then the defaults are automatically loaded for all those operations and they do not have to be defined again for each operation.

When you choose the Defaults option, the following pages will be displayed for each group:

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