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  1. #1
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    How to create a new tool holder shape?

    I need to make a toolhoder for an ISCAR SLANR 16-15-TANG
    This project is a tight fit and would like to have a toolder that is the exact shape as this one. Before I was modifying a parting/grooving tool. That outline is not close to the real thing. How can I make a new tool holder shape that is not in the current shape or toolholder library?

  2. #2
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    Draw your own tool in the tool set up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DJPLAST View Post
    Draw your own tool in the tool set up.
    Hi,
    do you know this for a fact? I have yet find any button that allows me to draw a tool. The button draw, draws the existing tool on the screen but cannot modify it. Set up is parameters of existing similiar style holders

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    I just found something in the help files on how to do it. It has to be in 2 colors and some other things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by foxsquirrel View Post
    I just found something in the help files on how to do it. It has to be in 2 colors and some other things.
    Yes, there is info in the help files for turning tools, and colors are important

    red, holder outline
    yellow, tip facing up
    brown ( I think ), facing down

    drawn in TOP view
    each has to chain on perimeter, ( not sure if seperate levels are required )

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