# Engineering

Plan each part as jobs and operations, assign tool assemblies, and release setup sheets.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/

## [Overview](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/overview.md)

- [How the engineering workflow works](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/overview/engineering-workflow.md): Why there are two paths to a complete operation plan and how CAM Connect changes what the engineer does.

## [Get started](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/tutorials.md)

- [Using Process Designer](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/tutorials/process-designer.md): Define a part, create a project, add a job with a machine assignment, and define its operations.
- [Using Autodesk Fusion](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/tutorials/cam-autodesk-fusion.md): Define a part, create a project, and add a job with a machine assignment.
- [Project release and approval](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/tutorials/project-release-approval.md): Review a completed job, release it, and get it approved so production can prepare tools.

## [Guides](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides.md)

- [Create an engineering project](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/create-engineering-project.md): Define a manufacturing job with ordered operations, assigned tools, and NC programs.
- [Create and manage jobs](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/create-and-manage-jobs.md): Add, configure, reorder, and remove jobs within a project to model each machine setup or clamping change.
- [Define operations manually](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/define-operations.md): Add tool assemblies, cycle times, and tool numbers to operations inside Tooling Metrics.
- [Document an engineering process](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/document-engineering-process.md): Build a complete manufacturing plan in Tooling Metrics without CAM software — parts, jobs, operations, and cutting data in sequence.
- [Import a CAM project](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/import-cam-project.md): Pull a completed CAM program into Tooling Metrics and create the matching engineering project.
- [Renumber tools for NC output](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/renumber-tools.md): Assign final tool numbers across all operations so setup sheets and NC programs stay consistent.
- [Read a setup sheet to prepare tools](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/read-setup-sheet.md): Use a setup sheet to confirm the job, gather the right tools, and enter cutting data at the machine.
- [Combine jobs into a project](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/combine-jobs-into-project.md): Group related standalone jobs under a single project for unified release, purchasing, and setup sheet generation.
- [Document a multiple-setup project](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/document-multiple-setups.md): Plan a part that requires more than one clamping or fixture on the same machine as a single coordinated project.
- [Use the Setup Assistant](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/guides/use-setup-assistant.md): Automatically generate tool records, tool transfers, and pick lists for every tool a job needs — in one step.

## [Reference](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference.md)

- [Parts](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/parts.md): Part fields, attachments, and how parts relate to projects and jobs.
- [Projects](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/projects.md): Project fields, status flow, and release behavior.
- [Jobs](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/jobs.md): Job fields, status flow, and the operations, tool list, and NC programs it contains.
- [Operations](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/operations.md): Operation fields — tool assembly, tool number, and cycle time.
- [Tool lists](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/tool-lists.md): The Tool List tab on jobs and projects — its columns, how rows are compiled, and the Renumber action.
- [Setup sheets](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/setup-sheets.md): Generated content, header and cutting-data fields, print options, and tool list format.
- [NC programs](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/nc-programs.md): NC program file attachments on jobs — supported formats, parsing behavior, and what is extracted.
- [Setup Assistant](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/engineering/reference/setup-assistant.md): Warehouse sources, tool priority rules, stock-move columns, and the documents the assistant creates.

For CNC programmers and process engineers. Read **Overview** first: a process plan comes either from your CAM software through CAM Connect or by hand in the Process Designer. Then follow **Get started** once the [Library](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials/) series is done.