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Intelligent analysis and reporting

The ‘Tool use’ table is populated as a result of the selections you make within the General section of CAM Assist’s Tool use tab, as follows:

Tool library - this is the Fusion library that CAM Assist will analyze.
Stock material - this tells CAM Assist to look for cutting data presets that could be used on the ‘Stock material’.

Once the selections have been made, CAM Assist quickly performs the following analysis on every tool in the selected ‘Tool library’:

Are there any existing cutting data presets for the tool that match the

preset naming format

Preset Naming Formatused by CAM Assist?

For details of the preset naming format, see How to Name Cutting Data Presets.
For each tool
Is
, is there a matching preset for each operation that can be performed by the tool?
After the analysis, CAM Assist reports the status of the tool using the ‘Tool Use’ table’s features (see below).
‘Tool use’ table
Features
features
CAM Assist reports its analysis by populating the ‘Tool use’ table’s columns with a list of all tools in the selected ‘Tool library’:
Tool Summary - a summary of the tool’s parameters to enable easy identification.
Allowed Materials - uses a 4-state button for the ‘Stock material’ (see 'Allowed Materials' column, below)
Allowed Operations - uses a 4-state button for each relevant operation (see 'Allowed Operations' column, below).
Status - reports any identified Fusion configuration issues (see ‘Status’ column, below).
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‘Allowed Materials’ column
Each of the 4-state
button contains
buttons has the following features:
Tooltip - hover over the button to see an informative tooltip.
Abbreviation - for
the material (see Supported materials).Blue border- if CAM Assist has identified any Fusion cutting data presets for the tool
an explanation of the abbreviation, see the button's tooltip or refer to the following: Supported materials and Supported operations.
Info
For detailed instructions on how to use the Tool use table effectively, see How to Get the Most from the Tool Use Table.
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4-state buttons
The ‘Tool use’ table uses 4-state buttons to report how the tools in the selected ‘Tool library’ will be used by CAM Assist on the selected ‘Stock material’.
The 4 states are:
Blue border - CAM Assist has found Fusion cutting data presets that match the Preset Naming Format.
No border - CAM Assist has not found Fusion cutting data presets that match the Preset Naming Format
(see How to Name Cutting Data Presets) then the button is given a blue border
.
Color:
Green button -
if the button is green, it indicates that you have ‘allowed’ CAM Assist
CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using
this tool on the ‘Stock material’
the tool/operation.
Grey button -
if the button is grey, it indicates that you have ‘Not allowed’ CAM Assist
CAM Assist is ‘not allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using
this tool on the ‘Stock material’.
Tooltip - shows one of the following:
Green button ('allowed') - the tooltip contains a list of the names of all Fusion cutting data presets identified by CAM Assist for this tool.
Grey button ('not allowed')- the tooltip states “The tool will not be used for ['Stock material']” .
For more details of the coloring of the 4-state buttons, see below.
‘Allowed Operations’ column
Each 4-state button contains the following:
Abbreviation-for the operation (see Supported operations).Blue border- if CAM Assist has identified a Fusion cutting data preset, whose name contains the same operation (see How to Name Cutting Data Presets), then the button is given a blue border.
Color:
Green - if the button is green, it indicates that you have ‘allowed’ CAM Assist
the tool/operation.
Note
If CAM Assist has not found a Fusion cutting data preset that matches the Preset Naming Format then CAM Assist will ‘intelligently’ generate the relevant cutting data parameters.
The following sub-sections show the specific meaning of the 4-states buttons, as used in the ‘Allowed Materials’ and ‘Allowed Operations’ columns.
‘Allowed Materials’ column
The following table shows the shows how the 4-state button is used in the ‘Allowed Materials’ column.
State
Border
Color
Tooltip
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Blue - CAM Assist has found Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that match the Preset Naming Format.
Green- CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this tool
for the specific operation.Grey - if the button is grey, it indicates that you have ‘Not allowed’ CAM Assist
Lists all matched Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that can be used on the selected ‘Stock material’
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No border- CAM Assist has not found Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that match the Preset Naming Format.
Green- CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this tool
for the specific operation.
Tooltip - shows one of the following:
Green button ('allowed') - the tooltip contains the name of the Fusion cutting data preset identified by CAM Assist for this operation.
Grey button ('not allowed')- the tooltip states “The
States:
“No matching presets”
”CAM Assist will generate cutting parameters”
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Blue - CAM Assist has found Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that match the Preset Naming Format.
Grey - CAM Assist is not allowed to compute toolpath strategies using this tool.
States:
“This tool will not be used for [
'Operation'
Stock material]”
.If
‘Status’ column
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No border- CAM Assist has
identified a Fusion configuration issue
not found Fusion cutting data presets for the tool
, an orange exclamation icon is displayed.
Hovering over that icon displays details of the configuration issue.
An alert in the Status column is for your information only: CAM Assist will overcome related issues with an ‘intelligent’ action.
4-State button coloring
The following table shows the coloring of each of the four possible states and what they indicate.
State
Description
Result
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Blue border - CAM Assist has found matching cutting data presets for the specific material/usage.
Green button - you have ‘allowed’ CAM Assist to use the tool for the specific material/usage.
CAM Assist will use the tool’s matching cutting data preset's parameters, as defined in Fusion, for the specific material/usage
that match the Preset Naming Format.
Grey - CAM Assist is not allowed to compute toolpath strategies using this tool.
States:
“This tool will not be used for [Stock material]”
‘Allowed Operations’ column
The following table shows the shows how the 4-state button is used in the ‘Allowed Operations’ column.
State
Border
Color
Tooltip
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Blue - CAM Assist has found a Fusion cutting data preset for the operation that matches the Preset Naming Format.
Green- CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this operation for the associated tool.
Lists the matched Fusion cutting data presets for the operation that can be used on the selected ‘Stock material’.
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No border- CAM Assist has not found
matching
a Fusion cutting data
presets
preset for the
specific material/usage
operation that match the Preset Naming Format.
Green
button
-
you have ‘allowed’
CAM Assist
to use the tool for the specific material/usage.CAM Assist will use the tool but will generate its cutting data parameters for the specific material/usage.
is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this operation for the associated tool.
States:
“No matching presets”
”CAM Assist will generate cutting parameters”
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Blue
border
- CAM Assist has found
matching
Fusion cutting data presets for the
specific material/usage
tool that match the Preset Naming Format.
Grey
button
-
you have not ‘allowed’
CAM Assist
to use the tool for the specific material/usage.CAM Assist will not use the tool for the specific selected material/usage.
is not allowed to compute toolpath strategies using this tool.
States:
“This tool will not be used for [operation]”
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No border- CAM Assist has not found
matching
Fusion cutting data presets for the
specific material/usage
tool that match the Preset Naming Format.
Grey
button
-
you have not ‘allowed’
CAM Assist
to use the tool for the specific material/usage.
CAM Assist will not use the tool for the specific material/usage.
InfoFor detailed instructions on how to use the Tool use table effectively, see How to Get the Most from the Tool Use Tab.
is not allowed to compute toolpath strategies using this tool.
States:
“This tool will not be used for [operation]”
‘Status’ column
If CAM Assist has identified a Fusion configuration issue for the tool, an orange exclamation icon is displayed.
Hovering over that icon displays details of the configuration issue.
An alert in the Status column is for your information only: CAM Assist will overcome related issues with an ‘intelligent’ action.
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Filtering the ‘Tool use’ table
The tools that are displayed in the Tool use table can be filtered using the ‘Filter’ textbox (just above the ‘Tool Summary’ column).
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The list of tools is filtered as you type into the filter’s textbox.

Filter options
Any of the following options can be used for the ‘Filter’.
Tool number examples:
In the Filter, enter ‘22112’ and only that tool will be displayed.
Enter ‘221’ and all tool numbers that contain ‘221’ will be displayed.

Tool type example:
Enter ‘Bull nose end mill’ and only that tool of that type will be displayed.

Tool diameter
Example: enter ‘0.24’ and only tools with that diameter will be displayed.
Info
For detailed instructions on how to use the Tool use table effectively, see How to Get the Most from the Tool Use Table.

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‘Tool use’ table

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‘Allowed Materials’ column

4-state buttons

‘Allowed Operations’ column

‘Allowed Materials’ column

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4-State button coloring

‘Allowed Operations’ column

‘Status’ column

Filtering the ‘Tool use’ table

Filter options

	Lists all matched Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that can be used on the selected ‘Stock material’
Image Added	No border- CAM Assist has not found Fusion cutting data presets for the tool that match the Preset Naming Format.	Green- CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this tool

State	Border	Color	Tooltip
Image Added	Blue - CAM Assist has found a Fusion cutting data preset for the operation that matches the Preset Naming Format.	Green- CAM Assist is ‘allowed’ to compute toolpath strategies using this operation for the associated tool.	Lists the matched Fusion cutting data presets for the operation that can be used on the selected ‘Stock material’.
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is not allowed to compute toolpath strategies using this tool.	States: “This tool will not be used for [operation]”
Image Modified	No border- CAM Assist has not found