# Build a tool from a setup sheet

Create a Tool from a Tool Assembly and generate a pick list for its components.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/tutorials/assemble-tool-from-setup-sheet/
Updated: 2026-10-29

**Prerequisites:** A job has been released and its setup sheet is available.
**Required permission:** Production → Tools — User or above; Engineering → Projects and Engineering → Jobs — User or above to read the job's tool list (a User sees only the records they created).

A **Tool** is the physical counterpart of a Tool Assembly — the actual cutting tool that will sit on your workbench or in the machine. Building one creates a Tool record linked to the assembly, ready to have its Serialized Items assembled into it, and it generates a pick list to gather everything from the warehouse.

## Find what the job needs

1. Open the job from **Engineering → Projects → [your project] → Process → [your job]** and open its setup sheet, or its **Tool List** tab.
1. Each row is one Tool Assembly the job's operations call for, with its T-code and required components. Note the assembly you want to build first.

## Build the tool

1. In the sidebar, click **Production → Tools** → **+ Create**.
1. Select the **Tool Assembly** you noted from the Tool List.
1. Choose the **Location** and enter a **Name**; the current form does not include a **Life Limit** field.
1. Save. A **Tool ID** is assigned automatically and the tool starts in **Draft** status.

![Unsaved Create new Tool form with assembly TA0006 - BT40_FM80 selected, Location unset, and Name filled from the assembly.](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/guides/new-tool-eng.webp)

*Fig. 1: Building a Tool — select its assembly and location, then confirm or edit the suggested name. The current form has no Life Limit field.*

## Generate a pick list

1. On the tool record, click **Create Picklist**.
1. Tooling Metrics compares the assembly's bill of materials against what's already on the tool, and searches every Warehouse Access Point for the rest — creating a Pick List for each WAP that has stock for the missing components.

## What to expect

The pick list is ready for the next step — physically collecting the components from the warehouse.

## Next

[Process your first pick list](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/production/tutorials/process-pick-list/) — follow the pick list to collect every component.