The following dialog is similar for ALL MILL operations and allows you to select the appropriate tool for the current operation. The Tools in Session are listed on the left. Expanding the Tool tree will list the current operations assigned to that tool.
The Tool dialog limits you to select only tools compatible to the operation (i.e., only Mill tools are listed for Mill operations, only Drill tools are listed for Drilling operations, etc.). The geometry parameters of the selected tool are displayed to the right. See Create Edit Tools for more information.
You can refer to the following Control Metricize for the list of tool types supported by this operation. |
 Dialog Box: Tool tab, similar for all Milling Operations |
If there are no Tools listed, select this button to Create a new tool. If a tool is listed and selected by default, select this button to Edit the parameters for that tool or to Select a different tool for the current operation. |
Preview Tool - Select this button to display a graphical representation of the currently selected tool. This is the same Preview of the tool that you see displayed in the Edit/Create/Select Tool dialog. |