About Tools and Tool Assemblies

This section provides some more information about tools and tool assemblies.

The following topics are discussed:

Migration of Tools and Assemblies

Tools are migrated automatically from previous V6 releases.

The migration of tools and tools assemblies from a previous release is performed automatically at the time of the first usage of the object (Tool, Tool Assembly etc.). It is recommended to perform migration before usage to avoid authorization issues.

Tool Catalogs in csv Files

Excel .csv tool catalogs contain description of tools and can be accessed directly in Machine Programming.

A sample is available in the ...\startup\Manufacturing\Tools\MillAndDrillToolAssembly.csv file of your installation.

Cutting conditions (feeds and speeds) can be included in a .csv tool catalog. For more information, please refer to the About Feeds and Speeds for more information.

It is possible to create tools or tool assemblies starting from a CSV file. This feature must be used to ease the transfer from V5 to V6 to populate the V6 database. V6 catalogs must be used.