SOLIDWORKS CAM has
better tool selection logic when you select Tool crib priority in
the Technology Database (TechDB).
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CAM has optimized tool selection logic so appropriate tools are
available in the active tool crib:
- If the tool assigned in the TechDB for a specific operation is
not in the active tool crib,
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CAM adds it to the tool crib even though smaller tools might
be in the active tool crib. (If you selected a tool by referencing it to a
specific Machine ID in the TechDB.) If
another tool with similar parameters is in the active tool crib,
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CAM uses that tool.
- If you specify that the resultant tool derived from the
expressions defined in the TechDB as inactive,
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CAM does not add it to the active tool crib.
It
uses the subsequent tool selection rules to add an active tool to the tool
crib.