Setting Up and Managing Tool Categories
Tool categories are used to divide equipment in your space into different broad categories. They are space specific, meaning that the tool categories you set up are unique to your space. Tool categories will visually categorize the equipment in your space when a user signs in and selects the equipment they'd like to use.
This guide will cover setting up and editing tool categories in your space. Please check out our guide on editing machines for how to modify the tool categories on a given machine.
Tool categories are completely separate from Machine Types. Click here to learn more about Machine Types.
An Example
In the Terrapin Works Instructional Fabrication space we have divided machines into different categories, two of which are shown in the image below. 
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In this example, we divided equipment into CNC Machines and Manual Machining tool categories. Notice how broad the tool categories are, and how they're used to visually separate selectable equipment on the user's screen. Generally, you should avoid tool categories that have only a few tools in them and should divide tools into categories that will make them easier to find by users.
Adding or Editing Tool Categories
Sign into Pinpoint, select the space you want to manage, and select "Add/Remove Tool Categories".
To add a new tool category, click the plus icon on the top right. To edit an existing tool category, click the pencil icon next to an existing tool category. Enter/update the name of the tool category, and click submit.
At the moment there is no feature to remove tool categories. This is a feature we intend to add to a future deployment.