Hi,

I was looking over the DADO Token for Routing and had a question about tool assignments.  We typically use 1/2 Tops, Bottoms, Backs to Dado into Sides, Backs, etc. and production is wanting to use a 1/2 thick tool to do the dado cuts.  When the material is .5 thick it works perfect.

When the material for the 1/2 thick back or top/bottom is less, like .479, we run into a problem where the dado no longer makes a rectangle (it cant), then it creates a singular line where the route runs the full length and stops 1/4 past the part.

This becomes a bigger problem because now the 1/2" dia router is 1/4 past the part and when nesting at .43 away of parts it will sometimes nip the neighboring part.  Is there a way for the DADO token to switch to a smaller tool when it cannot make a pocket cutout?

I was thinking about setting up Panel_Thickness, however if a new part is created via Drafter, or a part is changed manually in Part Properties, the Panel_Thickness might not reflect this change accurately, and becomes an issue for manually fixing in the end.

We're also unable to increase the gap (.43), as our sheet size is typically 48 .5W with a side clearance of .03125, using 24 deep parts (24*2=48+.03125*2=48.0625+.43=48.4925).  I'm thinking the only logical solution is to change the Dado Tool to 3/8 or 1/4.

Is there a way to set the dado token to use tool 1 (1/2 when it can pocket) or tool 2 (when tool 1 is too big to pocket?).

Thanks,

-James