- [Instructor] Let's take a closer look at the tool crib.
We find the tool crib in the define machine dialog box.
It's the second tab,
and it's got a table of all of the tools
that SolidWorks can choose from
when performing cam operations.
The default tool list might have more tools
than you have in your inventory,
or it might have fewer tools
than you have in your inventory.
We can edit this tool list by adding tools, editing tools.
First, selecting a tool,
and then clicking the edit button.
And this will let us change
various parameters about the tool.
For example, the cutter diameter,
the shank diameter, the end radius.
If you're using a ball nose tool,
we'll select ball nose or hog nose,
and now we can adjust the end radius,
the flute length,
shoulder length, and overall length.
By adjusting these parameters,
you can make sure the tools in your tool crib
match the actual tools that you have in your toolbox.
It's possible to create new tool cribs
by clicking the save tool crib button
and giving a new name to your tool crib.
Let's call this one tool crib number four.
Since we just saved tool crib number four,
from tool crib number two,
we have the same tools in the tool crib.
We might want to remove a number of tools
that are not available in tool crib number four.
We can select on the individual tools and say remove,
or we can select a group of tools and remove them in bulk.
Obviously, if you've selected the tool that you're using,
you can't remove that tool while you're using it.
Let's go ahead and select a number of tools
that we're not using
and we'll remove those.
Any tools that have a number in the usage slot
are tools that are in use,
and can't be removed, let's remove these.
The remaining tools we might want to edit
to make sure that they match the tools
that we have in our toolbox,
and then click okay to close the tool crib.