same tool different material

[Jake L]

7 hours ago, jpatry said:

Also, is there a way to install just the standalone tool manager on a computer?

Because I could get our toolroom attendant cataloging stuff, at least preliminarily, but he doesn't need a full CAD/CAM package installed.

In the quick start guide for the standalone tool manager it says if you have a fresh install of Mastercam you can't run the stand alone tool manager until after running Mastercam at least once. I believe this is because running Mastercam creates certain files that the stand alone tool manager requires to run.

If I could take a second to hijack this thread... Is there a way in the stand alone manager to sperate an assembly? Meaning split the tool from the holder to use the two separately or in another assembly? 

[Aaron Eberhard]

9 hours ago, jpatry said:

Now if only there were a way to filter the library in the external tool manager, just like we can inside of mastercam

Drag and drop the column header to where it says "Drag a column header here to group by that column".  You can do it multiple times:

[JParis]

4 minutes ago, Jake L said:

Is there a way in the stand alone manager to sperate an assembly? Meaning split the tool from the holder to use the two separately or in another assembly? 

To the best of my knowledge, no.

Only way I know how to do it is load the assembly into Mastercam, delete the holder and save the tool back.

This is why I create my tools individually and save them and pick them for assemblies as I need to...

[jpatry]

24 minutes ago, JParis said:

This is why I create my tools individually and save them and pick them for assemblies as I need to

Yeah, pretty much

[Tim Johnson]

On 10/5/2023 at 11:36 AM, sharles said:

just literally got done adding 'A2' tools to our library...Now we've got AL, FE, A2 and a few REN tools, and 1500+ tools to wade thru. Personally I'd rather just change the sfm if I'm in tool steel rather than add more to my library, but I'm not in charge...

Just like all things in life, you get out what you put in. If you go through the work for one tool and you use it ten times in one year then nine of those times you just added a tool in a few seconds. With every tool you add you become that much more efficient. Right now (after around 17 years) I might add 5 tools a month and they are usually tools from another material that will need speeds, feeds and pecks or no pecks changes if it's a drill.

[sharles]

On 10/6/2023 at 9:27 AM, Jake L said:

If I could take a second to hijack this thread... Is there a way in the stand alone manager to sperate an assembly? Meaning split the tool from the holder to use the two separately or in another assembly? 

Actually, you can simply drag a tool onto the assembly and it will accept the new tool....I do it lots when I'm just changing from steel to aluminum but using the same diameter drill. And so, I thought I'd try doing the same with a completely different tool before I replied to you, and it still worked.

[Jake L]

21 minutes ago, sharles said:

Actually, you can simply drag a tool onto the assembly and it will accept the new tool....I do it lots when I'm just changing from steel to aluminum but using the same diameter drill. And so, I thought I'd try doing the same with a completely different tool before I replied to you, and it still worked.

Good to know. Is there a way to take an assembly and save the tool (without the holder) into a library?

[sharles]

5 minutes ago, Jake L said:

Good to know. Is there a way to take an assembly and save the tool (without the holder) into a library?

Not totally sure. I create ALL my tools in the stand alone library. Are you saying if you create an assy/tool inside Mastercam, and then you want to save just the tool?

If you are in the internal Tool Manager (Toolpaths--Tool Manager) and right click on an assembly, you can save that to the stand alone library (I think), but I couldn't figure out a way to save just the tool from that assembly...maybe I missed it...

[John@WMM]

I have 1 library I use most of the time. I copy the tools and label them with different materials. Each tool then has a good starting point for SFM and IMP according to the material.