Mastercam Tool Manager
The Mastercam Tool Manager is a stand-alone application; you’ll find it in the Start Bar, in the ‘Mastercam 2025' folder.
As you’ll probably need to use the Tool Manager frequently, for easy access, it’s recommended that you pin it to Windows Start/Task Bar, or create a shortcut on the Desktop
Tool Management in CAM Assist
Tool management in CAM Assist makes use of Mastercam’s Tool Manager in conjunction with CAM Assist’s Tool Use tab.
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CAM Assist uses Tool Assemblies
If there are no valid Tool Assemblies in the selected Tool Database, CAM Assist cannot run
See here for a Quick Shortcut to Creating Tool Assemblies in Mastercam
You can see the number of tools assemblies associated with a Tool library in the Tool Use tab
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For a guide to getting your tools into assemblies, watch the YouTube video Quick shortcut to create tool assemblies in CAM Assist for Mastercam. |
CAM Assist creates feeds and speeds by default by using an internal Cutting Parameters engine
Visually, Cutting Parameters-generated Tool Uses are shown without a blue border
If you want to keep CAM Assist from using a specific Usage, click it. When it is grey, it will not be selected by CAM Assist.
To add user defined feeds and speeds, use the Cut Parameters in the Mastercam Tool Manager Application
CAM Assist applies the cut data defined in Mastercam's standalone Tool Manager application to users tool set.
CAM Assist to use a combination of the pre-set name and the part material assigned to each pre-set to assign its applicability.
The Cut Parameter name needs to contain the tool number and operation type (such as roughing, wall finishing, and helical boring) only.
CAM Assist uses the feed per tooth, tool diameter and surface speed defined in the tool manager to calculate a unique spindle speed per scenario.
CAM Assist DOES NOT use the single value for spindle speed assigned in the tool geometry.