topic Re: Tool Library Viewer in Fusion Manufacture Forum

Tool Library Viewer

DarthBane55 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:20:59 GMT

I know this is going to be asking for a lot, considering the price point of Fusion... but, wouldn't it be nice if there was a viewer for the tool library, so that the operators and machinists could see the tools on the floor, without having to buy another seat just to view the tools in the library? (viewer only). I tried the web view thing, but it only shows the library file, not its content. Is there a way?

Re: Tool Library Viewer

Marco.Takx — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:33:47 GMT

Hi @DarthBane55,

We build a lot of different tool libraries into the post-processor with all specific information the customer wants.

This will be placed in top of the NC code.

So a viewer is for those customers overkill.

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Re: Tool Library Viewer

DarthBane55 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:43:14 GMT

Sorry, this is not really what i am after. We can print the setup sheet, all kinds of things to view the tools for any given job. But I would like to have access on the shopfloor to the entire tool library (use Fusion as our tooling database). Say a tool breaks, and it happens that unfortunately, the tool was not re-ordered, and we ran out, I want the machinist to look thru our library and pick a replacement, instead of physically going thru all the drawers in the tool room.

Re: Tool Library Viewer

Marco.Takx — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 19:47:14 GMT

Hi @DarthBane55,

OK, that explanation makes more sense.

I can only say AGREE!!! 😉

Re: Tool Library Viewer

DarthBane55 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:08:45 GMT

Maybe I should have mentioned that we have roughly 2500 tool assemblies pre-defined in a tool database, but it's not the greatest, so if Fusion could help there, it might be a viable alternative, possibly. Ideally, having only 1 tool database would be better (not an external database, and then re-create all the tools again inside Fusion).

Re: Tool Library Viewer

cj.abraham — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:01:37 GMT

Hi @DarthBane55. Accessing tool library data outside of the Fusion 360 client has been on our minds for a while now. The new tool library preview is built using web components, so it’s possible we will have a tool library-like experience in fusion team via browser, which all of your shop floor people could view with varying levels of view/edit permissions.

Re: Tool Library Viewer

DarthBane55 — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:40:48 GMT

@cj.abraham wow, if that materializes it will be amazing! Thanks for letting me know about this, looking forward to seeing it!!

Re: Tool Library Viewer

umesh.bilimoria — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:39:32 GMT

This is something I was wondering about too. Our operators are constantly struggling to find tools as well.

It would be great to view the tool library in a browser.