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’.
Features
The following table describes each feature in the ‘General’ section, as shown in the above screenshot.
Feature | Description | How to Use |
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Tool library | Lists all of the Mastercam tool libraries available to CAM Assist. |
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Tool Summary | Shows a summary of the tool, including the following:
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Stock material | Lists all of the materials that you can use in CAM Assist (see Supported Materials). 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’.
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Cutting parameters |