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Change tool for multiple operations

djowen40 — Tue, 15 May 2018 07:26:59 GMT

I use a machine that is for lack of a better words "communal" at a teaching institute. We generally have a standard set of tools but on occasion a tool is not available and I want to substitute the next best alternative from my library in. As far as i can tell the only way to swap out a tool is to edit each operation which seems slow.

Is there a way to change the tool for multiple operations?

I made a quick (one minute) video to help illustrate. I realise the video only involves two ops which would be very fast to change but more ops means more changes etc. and it seems like an obvious function of the tool library.

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

HughesTooling — Tue, 15 May 2018 09:09:33 GMT

You could edit the tool in your document, editing the tool once it's in your document will not affect the tool in your library. It's a shame the tool is not available in compare and edit so you could select a different tool for a block of ops.

Mark

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

djowen40 — Tue, 15 May 2018 09:39:24 GMT

Agreed that is an option. But means manually editing it back if/when the desired tool becomes available. I have to admit I also expected to find it in compare and edit...

Would be nice to see tool swapping become an option but i suspect it is not a common problem for commercial operation.

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:35:50 GMT

Compare and edit is simply missing the tool option. It is a not a feature request but an oversight.

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

jacob_r_jennings — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 01:55:04 GMT

+1, this is tedious

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

marcus.toepke — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:25:58 GMT

+1 Man we need this

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

jeff.pek — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:11:18 GMT

Are you looking to change more than the tool number?

Jeff

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

marcus.toepke — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:35:00 GMT

Replace the tool in multiple Operations

As an example: You use hole recognition and this creates several operations, now I want to specify a countersink tool in several operations, for example, which should be the same for all operations ... I have to call up all operations individually and change the tool.

I know what you were getting at.
Change the corresponding tool in the tool list, but that would be an unprofessional solution!

Or another example, I use operation templates for different actions, now I want to use the same tools for all actions so that I don't need an unnecessary number of tools.

People have been asking for this feature for so long!

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

jeff.pek — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:53:14 GMT

The reason I asked what I did is that it would be super-easy to allow Compare and Edit to show the tool number, so it could be changed for multiple operations. But, it gets more complicated if you want to fully replace the tool. I'm guessing that just changing the tool number is not sufficient, but wanted to check that.

Jeff

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

rob.blanch — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:35:48 GMT

Drop down list in compare and edit that shows all tools already available for the current design would work, surely? They already have names/descriptions that are used when selecting a tool, not sure why selecting the tool number would be better, but anything functional would be welcome! Been waiting on this feature for years - changing the tool on 50+ operations at a time is more than tedious :). It seems like it would be easy to implement, but perhaps there is something I am missing...

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

endurance_aw — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 02:30:20 GMT

Any idea, if this has been sorted?. I have 70+ operations to change tools for

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

marcus.toepke — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 05:25:43 GMT

A horror work around is, to edit the tool that you want to change to the tool that you need in your actual document.
But it is really poor solution and only if you don't need the tool in other operations.

@jeff.pek this problem is from 2018 here in forums or is there another solution?

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

seth.madore — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:22:16 GMT

No, there is no other solution at present

Re: Change tool for multiple operations

a.laasW8M6T — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 08:46:58 GMT

This is still not a great solution, but better than opening each toolpath and selecting the new tool

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