I made up a tool and saved it. When I closed the shape editor it asked to save the .tol file which I did. I have since changed the .x_t file and I never get a chance to save the file as a .tol. What am I missing?
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Hi Ray...
The shape manager basically deals with two types of files as you have found. When you create the geometry for a tool in the shape manager you should first save the geometry file by clicking on the save button and giving it a (name.x_t ). Once you have saved the geometry file you can create a tool file (name.tol) by clicking on the \"create tool\" button.
Then if you want to modify the original geometry file you can - just remember to save the geometry file each time you have a new design for your tool. Then you can open up each stage of your tool development.
Mark
The shape manager basically deals with two types of files as you have found. When you create the geometry for a tool in the shape manager you should first save the geometry file by clicking on the save button and giving it a (name.x_t ). Once you have saved the geometry file you can create a tool file (name.tol) by clicking on the \"create tool\" button.
Then if you want to modify the original geometry file you can - just remember to save the geometry file each time you have a new design for your tool. Then you can open up each stage of your tool development.
Mark
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