[Karl]

The TOOL and BASE that is used when you load the program is exactly the same in both scenarios

That wasn't a great example then, here's a program with a few tool changes, using the $ signs:


and here's the same filtering result when I remove the $ signs:



It doesn't say it's using the correct tool so maybe the filtering isn't correct for tool2?

Another possible solution would be to edit the post so it automatically replaces "TOOL=" with "$TOOL=". I couldn't figure out how to make that change in roboDK, but I can make sprutcam's post export without the $.