Tool Library errors

[HillJack]

When we upgraded from V7 to V8 I imported my tool library from V7. Now when I insert my library info in to my operations manager, the speed and feed info drops back to the defaults. The tools are correct, they just lose their parameters. Am I missing something? Thanks.

Shawn

[Allan Brown]

Have you defaulted the Job Setup to use the Feed Calc 'From tool' and 'Use tool's step, peck, coolant'?

[Allan Brown]

Our notes on updating tool libraries from V7 to V8 go as follows:

Copy any Tool Libraries you have setup in V7 that you want to use in V8. These are .TL7 files found in the Mill72Mtools directory. Copy them to the Mcam8MillTools directory and rename the extension to .TL8. To update this file to V8 format go NC utils, Def. tools, Compress and select the .TL8 file.

[This message has been edited by Dave Thomson (edited 01-12-2001).]

[HillJack]

Dave,

Thanks for your reply. My problem is actually in my "operations library" (.op8 files). I had compressed them originally when I imported them in from V7, but just to make sure I compressed them again and still the same result even with the info you gave me. The tools are all there for the operation, but the feed and speed data is lost. Maybe I need to re-import them in and try again?! Shawn

[Allan Brown]

When importing ops in V8.0 and not recalculating based on material, it looks like feeds and speeds come from the tool's definition in its first use, not the original operation paramters.