This is the second page in the Working with the Fusion Tool Library section.
Here, you’ll learn how to name cutting data presets ('Presets') within your Fusion Tool Library in a format that can be recognized by CAM Assist.
To compute a toolpath strategy, CAM Assist does not require cutting data to be fully configured in Fusion (see How to Configure your Fusion Tool Library).
Preset Name Format
CAM Assist uses the ‘preset name format’ to identify Fusion cutting data presets within a specified 'Tool library.
The preset name format contains two key items:
Material - this must be one of the materials that you can select from the ‘Stock material’ drop-down in CAM Assist (for a list of materials, see Supported Materials).
Operation - this must be a valid operation for the tool for which you can create cutting data presets (for a list of valid operations, Supported Operations).
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You can name your presets anyway you wish but you must include the material ('Stock material') and the operation if you want its speeds and feeds to be used by CAM Assist. |
There are two options available for the Preset name format
Material then Operation - for example, any of the following would be valid:
Aluminum - Roughing
Aluminum Flat finishing
Stainless Steel - Roughing
Brass Wall finishing
Operation then Material - for example, any of the following would be valid:
Roughing - Aluminum
Helical boring Aluminum
Wall finishing - Stainless Steel
Roughing Brass
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CAM Assist will only recognize cutting data presets where the material aspect of the name matches the selected ‘Stock material’. (You can also use any of the alternative names for a material, see Supported Materials). |
Key information:
The order of the material and the operation is irrelevant
However, it’s recommended that you stick to one format, if possible, to improve future identification and to assist with maintenance.
The preset name is case insensitive
‘Aluminum - Roughing’ is exactly the same as ‘aluminum - roughing’
You could separate the material and the operation with a hyphen
This will make life easier for future usability and maintenance.
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For more examples of how to specify the material and operation in your cutting data presets, see Two examples of the preset name format, below. |
Identifying the operations associated with specific tools
So far, you’ve seen how you can use CAM Assist to specify the relevant Tool library, and the material aspect of the preset name format (the cutting data preset’s name).
However, there is still the operation aspect of the preset name format to be defined.
CAM Assist gets the operation aspect from the cutting data presets that are configured within Fusion for the selected Tool library. It just loops through each tool in the toolset and checks for any matching cutting data presets that are named according to the ‘preset name format’ (for details of how CAM Assist does this, see How CAM Assist recognizes Fusion cutting data presets, below).
In order for this to work, you need to know which operations you can use in the preset’s name. You can get that information from the relationship between the tool and the supported operations.
There are two ways to identify the operations related to specific tools:
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<li><B>Refer to the CAM Assist's Supported Operations</B>: <ol type ="a"> <li>See <a href="https://cloudnc.atlassian.net/wiki/x/IoDzB" target="_blank">Supported Operations</a></li> <li>Click on the ‘Tool type’ column header to sort the table.</li> <li>Find the associated Operation(s).</li> </ol> |
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<li><B>Look at the ‘Tool use’ table in CAM Assist</B>: <ol type ="a"> <li>See <a href="https://cloudnc.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAF3UD/pages/76874090/How+to+Get+the+Most+from+the+Tool+Use+Table" target="_blank">How to Get the Most from the ‘Tool Use’ Table</a></li> <li>Select the relevant ‘Tool library’ and ‘Stock material’.</li> <li>You’ll see the relevant operations for each tool in the ‘Allowed Operations’ column of the ‘Tool use’ table.</li> </ol></li> |
How CAM Assist recognizes Fusion cutting data presets (using the preset name format)
The following diagram shows the process taken by CAM Assist to identify cutting data presets for the selected ‘Tool library’ that are used on the selected ‘Stock material’
As shown in the above diagram
CAM Assist loops through all of the tools in the selected ‘Tool library:
For each valid operation associated with that tool:
CAM Assist looks for presets that have been named according to the Preset name format (where material = ‘Stock Material’and operation = a valid operation for the tool):
If a preset name match is found for a specific operation - CAM Assist uses the feeds and speeds associated with that preset.
If a preset name match is not found for a specific operation - CAM Assist generates the feeds and speeds.
The result of this loop through the tools and their associated operations is reported in the ‘Tool use’ table (see How to Get the Most from the ‘Tool Use’ Table).
Two examples of the ‘Preset name format’
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The following examples use Aluminum and a limited range of operations. |
Explanatory video
The following video explains two example formats that could be used to name Fusion cutting data presets to machine Aluminum.
The following screenshots show the Fusion cutting data presets used in the above video.
Next steps
If you haven’t already done so, please take a look at the following:
Supported Materials - used for the material aspect of your cutting data preset’s name.
Supported Operations - used for the operation aspect of your cutting data preset’s name.
Smart Keywords - also used for the operation aspect of your cutting data preset’s name.
‘Working with the Fusion Tool Library’ continues with How to Get the Most from the ‘Tool Use’ Table.