Importing FeatureCAM tool Crib

[Anonymous]

Is it possible to import an existing FeatureCAM tool crib into Fusion 360 - (F'Cam exports as XTM) ?

[Steinwerks]

Nope. I haven't run into a CAM system that doesn't use a proprietary tool library format yet.

[Lonnie.Cady]

@Steinwerks yep and that is completey a dumb thing.  They should all start following ISO13399 standard as a tool format that can be imported and expoted.  There are many tool compaines that are putting their data in that format.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

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lonniecady wrote:

@atomkinder67 yep and that is completey a dumb thing.  They should all start following ISO13399 standard as a tool format that can be imported and expoted.  There are many tool compaines that are putting their data in that format.

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[Anonymous]

Thanks for the responses chaps - I suspected that was the case.

It's not a huge issue - my Beaver Partsmaster CNC mill with it's  Heidenhain TNC355 controller only has a 16 position carusel so I'll just have to sit down and get on with it 🙂 Trouble is I'm fighting learning to create a suitable post processor at the moment.

(This will be the easy machine to interface - next on the list is my Fanuc TapeCut Model M wire EDM machine of 1980's vintage (Fanuc 6M contol) followed by my  1990's Traub TND350G 5 axis lathe with a TX8F control (modified Mitsubishi 300V) - lucky I'm not actually making stuff and just playing in my workshop at home as this may take a year or two !!!!)

(Hobby = saving old CNC's from the scrap heap  )

[Lonnie.Cady]

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Laurens-3DTechDraw wrote:

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One day, one day.

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@Laurens-3DTechDraw  I fixed it for you.   

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