This task shows you how to rename tools
already used in your document. You can do this:
automatically by means of new references listed in a tool
replacement catalog
manually by entering new names in a dialog box.
1.
Click
Replace Tools.
The Replace Tools dialog box is displayed.
2.
In the Tool Table list, choose
either Manual Mode or a Tool Replacement Catalog.
You must have previously prepared this
catalog with the desired names. A sample catalog is delivered in
.../Startup/Manufacturing/Tools/ToolsReplacement.catalog.
3.
If you selected Manual Mode:
select a tool to be renamed in the list then enter the new name in
the To area
if needed, change other tool references in the same way
click OK to update all the tools in the document with the new
references.
4.
If you selected Tool Replacement
Catalog:
when you select the desired catalog, all the new tool references
are listed opposite the old references
click OK to update all the tools in the document with the new
references.
An example of the PPR tree before and after
the update is shown below:
Note that tool path storage
information is not modified by this update.
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