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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">There are three common scenarios for assigning tool numbers. These are described below. </p>
      <div class="title_division">Assign Tool Number at the Pocket Level</div>
      <p class="para_division">The most common scenario is to assign the T code to the tool position number on the machine. When the program asks for T1, the tool in pocket 1 is loaded. If this is how your machines work, create pockets in the Tool View, and assign them numbers to match your machine. This can be part of your setup template or library machine, so you do not need to do this for every program. Whenever you put a tool in a pocket, it inherits the tool number from the pocket. When you assign an operation to a tool, it inherits the tool number from the tool.</p>
      <p class="para_division"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/parent_tool_poket_proc.html');return(false);">Assigning The Tool Number To The Pocket</a></p>
      <div class="title_division">Assign Tool Number at the Tool Level</div>
      <p class="para_division">The second most common scenario is to assign numbers to tools as tool codes, regardless of what pocket they are placed in on the machine. For example, a tool has a code of 1234, possibly programmed on a baluf chip or some other device. In this case, you should not use the pockets in the Tool View. You should assign the correct tool number to each tool, either in the tool dialog or in the tool library. Any operation assigned to the tool inherits the number from the tool.</p>
      <p class="para_division"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/parent_tool_asign_tool_proc.html');return(false);">Assigning The Tool Number in The Tool Dialog</a></p>
      <p class="para_division">If the tools in your library always have the same preassigned number, you can modify the tool library to assign the tool number, adjust register, and cutcom register for each tool.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Assign Tool Number at the Operation Level</div>
      <p class="para_division">In the third most common scenario, you may have a tool defined in the system that represents several identical tools on the machine. You might also have a tool defined in the system that has one tool number in one program in the setup, and a different number in another program in the same setup. In these cases, because the tool needs several different tool numbers to be output, enter a tool number in each operation that is assigned to the tool. </p>
      <p class="para_division"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('mfggeneral/parent_tol_asign_oper_proc.html');return(false);">Assigning the Tool Number to the Operation</a></p>
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