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Masonry drill bits are designed for drilling into tough materials such as stone, block or concrete. Some work with a standard power drill but those designed for use with a hammer action drill can drill into masonry more effectively.

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I'm aware that it's generally known that most geoprocessing tools honor selections unless otherwise specified. But there are exceptions, so I think it would be helpful to clarify this important difference between similar tools.

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As discussed with @JonathanNeal in a separate message, I'm wondering if it would help to add a selection icon in GP tool descriptions in the Catalog Pane to indicate if the tool honors selections.

Masonry bits can be used for drilling rough holes in timber. However, the hole will be rougher and progress slower. This is because the drill just chips its way by brute force through the wood. A proper wood drill bit shaves its way through timber like a chisel.

This is a great idea. I often spend a couple minutes reading the help for a gp tool to confirm whether or not it honors the selection set. The information is not necessarily in the same place for every tool. This would be very useful.

For example, with the Join Field tool, if rows are selected in the join table via Select By Attributes, only those selected rows will be populated in the new fields in the Input table. Related use case: https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/1-m-join-to-pull-feature-with-specific-attri... However, the Add Join tool does not work that way; selection are not honored.

Drill bits that can drill through concrete are called masonry bits. They are also good for drilling through brick and stone. Drill bits with a tungsten carbide tip are the strongest; when it comes to solid concrete, the sharper the better. Masonry bits cut holes through concrete in two steps.