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I've been working with SolidWorks and sheet metal for about 10 years, but in all that time the forming tools have all been set up already. Well, now I'm in charge of setting them up and there's something I just can't quite figure out (help files are pretty uninformative for forming tools).

The specific tool I am trying to make requires a locating hole that will be cut by the laser. I want the size of the hole to be a result of whichever tool I end up choosing, or vice versa (ie Tool1 gets a 1" hole, Tool2 gets in a 2" hole). I can get to the point where I have a hole and a forming tool as two separate features, but I can not find a way to get the two to "link" to each other, and that's just setting someone up to forget to change the hole size when swapping out the tool. Ideally, it would be nice to have the hole as part of the feature, but I don't see that as an option either. Since I've never had to set these up before, is there something I'm missing, or do any of you have any ideas as to how I can accomplish this?

Thanks in advance!

Matt

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