# Guides

Create projects, jobs, and operations, import CAM projects, and read setup sheets.

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

- [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.