importing tools into tool library

[powerfulp]

Is there a way to import specific tooling into your tool libraries for the milling side of things? Like in the turning area, you have specific tools from manufacturers that are in that library. For the milling, all I have are generic tools like 4.0" face mill, 1.0" end mill, etc. (I don't see any button mills, which is what I'm looking for at the moment.) I'm using X6 right now, I will be downloading X7 as soon as I get a new computer which is hopefully in the next week or so. I'll start here and see if anyone can help me.

 

Thanks.

[crazy^millman]

You say button tool so lollipop does not give you what you want for the tool?

[Thad]

Button cutters are defined as bull mills.

 

I'm not aware of tool data from the manufacturers that can be directly imported into MC tool libraries, though I've never looked for it either. It's easy and quick enough to define the tools manually in the tool manager that I never gave it a second thought.

 

Thad

[Chris Bloedorn]

If you right click to create new tool, you can use the new tool manager to import DXF files from any manufacturer that uses the right ISO standard.

[powerfulp]

Thanks everybody for the info. Chris, so the "new" tool manager is for X7? Not available for X6?