in merica 9.0 we've added the ability to
add a multiple multi-tool tool station
to any turret this allows you to use
some of the more modern technology to
add multiple tools into any tool station
to do this you go to project tools and
add the tools in tool manager in this
example we see I have we have a right
and a left hand tool already defined
what we don't have is the tool station
for it this is found in the tool menu in
the toolbar under multi-tool station we
add a multi-tool station which has a
holder then we define the holder in this
case we're going to define it as a model
file and browse to the model now that we
have the model file in here we could see
in this example that there are two
different tool stations on this tool now
that we have the tools the tool model in
here we need to define the tool
positions for this this is done by
adding a component a tool attachment
component this tool attachment component
will tell the tool where to attach at so
in this case we plug in the position
where the tool is going to attach into
this cut into this clamping unit and
once the numbers are keyed in you see
the tool attachment snap to position so
we'll repeat this for the second tool
key in the numbers you can key in the
numbers or select positions on the model
itself now that this is in we saved the
file to save the tool positions and and
now we need to add it to the turret so
to do this we go back to the project
menu to turret setup and we see that it
snaps into position because its tool 1
going into position 1 on the turret I
will simply redo this this is an easy
and let you see how this is done
I select tool one which is my cutting
unit that's our my clamping unit and
then there are the two tool attachment
points and so I select which tools go
into which positions on the
on the clamping unit and then we need to
reposition the clamping unit so that
fits in the right position on the turret
do this we select we show this simply
needs to be rotated we select show the
center rotation and then rotate the tool
accordingly now the tool now the
clamping unit is in the right position
the tools are in the right tap to the
right position on the clamping unit we
can simply close turret setup and then
have everything update and as we can see
as we go back into our main view the
tools are now attached in the right
position on the turret