Creating A New Tool - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operation/Programming Manual

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2.13.1 Creating a new tool

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SINUMERIK 840D/840Di/810D Operation/Programming ShopMill (BAS) – 10.04 Edition
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The data of the relevant tool nose selected are used for the
display.
If there is no tool nose for a tool in the selected view, the data of
the first tool nose are used.
You can enter tools and the associated compensation data directly
into the tool list or simply read existing tool data outside the tool
management (see Section "Backup/restore tool/zero data").
If you want to enter a new tool directly into the tool list, ShopMill offers
a range of conventional tool types. The tool type determines which
geometry data are required and how they will be computed. The
following common tool types are available:
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