Use the Database Manger dialog to edit database settings and create tool tags and connections.
To display the Database Manager dialog, click:
- the dialog launcher button
on the Tool tab > Database panel. -
on the Tool database search dialog.
This dialog contains the following categories:
- General — Settings to determine how the tool database loads and creates tools.
- Database Settings — Settings to determine the location of the tool database.
- Tags — Settings to create and edit a tool tag which enables you to group tools into categories according to a common feature.
- Connections — Settings to create and edit a tool holder connection-type which enables you to group tool holders by the shape or material of the join between the machine tool and tool holder.