System and methods for simulating a surgical procedure are provided. The system includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, are configured to execute a surgical planning program. The surgical planning program is configured to track a tool relative to a model of an anatomy during a preoperative surgical simulation, generate a planning parameter based on the tracking of the tool relative to the model of the anatomy during the preoperative surgical simulation, and store the generated planning parameter. The system also includes a surgical system configured to load the generated planning parameter from the surgical planning program, and facilitate intraoperative surgery based on the generated parameter.