Creating and Editing a Tool Holder

You can create conical and prismatic tool holders. Once created, you can edit them from the manufacturing cell. To use NC programming capabilities from other machining apps, add a manufacturing cell to the PPR context before creating any resources.

This task shows you how to:

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Create a Tool Holder

You can create conical and prismatic tool holders using the Resource Creation dialog box. This task illustrates the creation of a conical tool holder. Dialog box names depend on the type of tool holder you create.

  1. From the Setup section of the action bar, click Resource Creation .
  2. Optional: In the Resource Creation dialog box, click to search a tool from the Tool Search panel. For more information, see Tool Search
  3. In the Resource Creation dialog box that appears, expand the Holders area and select Creates Conical Holder .
    The tool holder appears in the work area with values corresponding to the default dimensions.

  4. Optional: In the NC Resource dialog box, enter a new name and comment for the tool holder.
  5. In the work area, double-click a value to modify it.
  6. In the Edit Parameter dialog box that appears, enter a new value.
  7. Click OK to update the tool holder with the new value.
  8. Modify other values in the same way.
  9. To specify other parameters of the tool holder, click Edit parameters .
    A dialog box appears with expandable areas such as:
    • Geometry
    • Attachment
    • Part body color
  10. Modify the desired parameters and click OK.
  11. In the Stage dialog box, click Add Stage to add a stage to the tool holder.
    A new stage with default parameters is added to the tool holder and appears in the work area.

    Notes:
    • To remove a stage, click Remove Stage in the Stage dialog box.
    • You can modify stage parameters in the same way as tool holder parameters.
  12. To finish, click OK in the NC Resource dialog box.

The conical tool holder is created and appears in the tree under the manufacturing cell.

Edit a Tool Holder

You can edit a tool holder from the manufacturing cell.

  1. In the tree, right-click a tool holder in the manufacturing cell and select NC Resources > Edit NC Resources in 3D.
  2. Modify the parameters as explained in Create a Tool Holder.