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The ‘General’ section of the Tool Use Tab enables you to specify the following:

  • Machining environment

    • Select a 'Tool library'

    • Select a ‘Stock material’.

    • Edit the properties of the chosen ‘Machine'.

  • Cutting Parameters

    • Control the way that CAM Assist determines and uses the feeds and speeds associated with the selected ‘Tool library’.

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Features

The following table describes each feature in the ‘General’ section, as shown in the above screenshot.

Feature

Description

How to Use

Tool library

Lists all of the Mastercam tool libraries available to CAM Assist.

  • Click the down arrow to select from the Tool library list.

  • Click image-20240612-095343.pngImage Added to refresh CAM Assist (if you change the selected Tool library).

  • Click image-20240612-095753.pngImage Added to select a system-level folder containing tool libraries.

Tool Summary

Shows a summary of the tool, including the following:

  • Number of tools - the number of tools in the selected ‘Tool Library’.

  • Number of tools for material - the number of tools in the selected ‘Tool library’ that can be used on the selected ‘Stock material’.

This feature is display only.

Stock material

Lists all of the materials that you can use in CAM Assist (see Supported Materials).

Info

CAM Assist will select tools, machining strategies, and cut parameters based on the ‘Tool library’ and ‘Stock material’ you select.

Click the down arrow to select the Stock materi

Machine

Shows the machine that will be used for the part. The machine is configured within Mastercam but there is a set of properties that CAM Assist requires to compute toolpath strategies.

Follow the instructions to the right to check/amend the CAM Assist ‘Machine properties’.

 

  1. Click the down arrow image-20240617-085733.pngImage Added to the right of the machine name.

    • ‘Machine’ will expand to display the required Machine properties.

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  1. The properties can be amended as follows:

    • Enter the value directly into the box.

    • Use the up/down arrow to increment/decrement the displayed value.

  2. After ensuring the properties are correct, you may click the up arrow image-20240612-102556.pngImage Added to collapse/hide the Machine properties.

Cutting parameters