Build your assembly

In CoroPlus^® Tool Library, you can build your assembly using items from the Coromant Catalog/Custom items and Tool recommendations.

Start assembly builder

You can start building your assembly from different parts within CoroPlus® Tool Library:

1. By tool type:
   Build a tool assembly by browsing and searching for items. Start by selecting the tool type you want to create. This option is best when you know what type of tool you want to create. When the assembly is saved, you can add cutting data to it.
2. By application:
   Build or find a tool assembly by specifying material, machine and task parameters. This option is best when you want to get a recommendation on what tool to use. When the assembly is completed and saved, cutting data for the specified task is automatically added to it.

Select assembly item

You can start building your assembly with any product – cutting tool, adaptive item or insert.

1. Search in the Item type tree for your product or use the search field.
2. Select the item you want to start building your assembly with.
3. Click Select.
   

After selecting the initial item, CoroPlus® Tool Library displays the Assembly building screen. Depending on the Quick build preference, the software will either process the initial item into an assembly or wait until you start the building process manually.

1. Name your assembly and use an informative description.
2. If needed add additional items.
3. Click Build Assembly to start the building process.

Assembly builder controls

1. Component hierarchy
   The component hierarchy shows the hierarchy of assembly. The items closest to the machine is at the top of the hierarchy. The one closest to the workpiece is at the bottom
   
2. Adding item
   You can use an empty placeholder in the hierarchy to add more items to the assembly. The number at the placeholder shows how many available items are matching the connection interface on this side of the item preceding in the component hierarchy.
   
3. Adding/managing inserts of indexable assembly
   Insert management allows placing inserts on available slots. This can either be done for the entire group of slots that fit the same parameters or on every individual slot separately.
   To return from insert management back to component hierarchy, click the Back arrow.
   
4. Assembly name, description, and class
   To be able to save an assembly, it must have a name. A description is optional.
   Assembly classification is derived from the cutting tool or holder, the composition of assembly (single or multi-edge bore) or by used insert (threading or grooving).
   
5. Model selection
   Each assembly, just like individual catalogue items, has multiple documents or models describing. Using the model selector, you can switch between viewing basic 3D model, detailed 3D model, 2D drawing or class-specific family drawing.
   
6. Right panel with assembly information
   This panel has three sections: Properties, Parameters and Connection codes.
   The Properties section shows information about a highlighted item from assembly composition, name, classification, and manufacturer. You can also use it to assign tags to assembly.
   The Parameters section shows calculated assembly parameters. It is possible to order them alphabetically or split them into groups based on the type of parameter.
   The Connectioncodes sections shows information about the machine side interface of the entire assembly.
   
7. Control buttons
   Based on active context, buttons with which assembly can be manipulated appear in the top bar. During assembly creation or editing, only the Save and Cancel buttons are available. When the assembly is saved and not modified, there are options to export the full package, individual documents, print assembly information or delete it.
   
8. Quick build option
   The Quick build option disabled automatic building of assembly during edit or creation. This means that you can combine items quickly without generating a new 3D model and parameters with every change, which speeds up the process with more complex assemblies. In the end, you must initiate at least one assembly build before saving created or edited assembly. The Quick build is turned ON by default. You can change this in the Administration menu.
   
9. Notifications
   If any error occurs during assembly creation or edit, some warning is displayed, or simply information is available, it will be displayed under the bell icon.

Quick build

Quick build is a feature of CoroPlus® Tool Library where an assembly is not built with every change – it allows you to define the assembly and then build it just once.

To “build” an assembly means to process 3D models of individual components, put them together and calculate resultant assembly parameters.

This process takes time, and with some very detailed models, especially face milling tools, it might take dozens of seconds or even over a minute to reflect a single change. At this point, Quick Build allows doing all the calculations and 3D processing on demand.
Note:

Many steps of building assembly are asynchronous. For example, you can continue adding components to assembly or modifying their offset while the software builds the 3D model and calculates the parameters. However, any change results in cancelling previous operations and consumes processing power.

Turn off quick build

1. Quick build is enabled by default, but you can turn it off during any building session.
2. Deselect the Quick build checkbox in the left upper corner of the software.
3. You can turn Quick build on for the current building session, even if you turned off the Quick build in the Administration section.
          

Change quick build preference

Go to the Administration section and change your preference for Use Quick build automatically. The changes will apply to any new assembly building session.