Saving Feed and Speed data to library

[somename75]

I seem to be unable to save updated feed and speed data to the library without having mastercam creat a duplicate tool. For example, I have a countour toolpath, and adjust the sfm and chipload using the feed and speed calculator for the application I have and tell it to save to library. The next time i go to the library to look for that tool, there will be 2 tools with the same number, one will be the original and the other will have the updated values. I would like it to overwrite the library tool instead of just making copies. Any help would be great. Thanks in advance

[Rat]

Nc utilities /Definetools / Library

and There you can delete the duplicate(s).

Your right when you save it wont "overwrite"

the existing tool

[G Caputo]

Right click on the tool from the tool library. When you have everything chaged that you want, hit ok, not save to library. If you hit save to library it will add a new tool.

 

Greg

[Harryman]

Here's to hoping that improved control over the tool libraries will be included in X.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[somename75]

Thank you all very much for the help. I will try your suggestions, and thanks Harry

 

 

Have a good weekend all

[G Caputo]

Actually, you can just double left click and change your tool definitions and hit ok and it changes them. I do this when I create tools. Edit the one I want, hit "save to library", saving it to the library of my choice. Then I hit cancel. This allows me to keep all of mastercam's original tool files intact and allows me to change whatever parameters I want without creating a tool. JM2C. And welcome to the forum

 

Greg

[Toolfab]

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This allows me to keep all of mastercam's original tool files intact

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Do expand on what Greg said, you can create you own tool library, I have. Its just caled Pauly.TL9 That way you can do whatever you want to the tooling and never affect what MC has put in there.

 

Kinda like messing with the .cfg, you really dont want to mess with the default, till you get cocky enought and KNOW that you are right...