Transitioning from partmaker to 360, trying to figure out drilling cycles

[Anonymous]

My company has just purchased 360 after using partmaker for years. I am wondering if there is a way to transfer my tool library with a .TBD file to Fusion 360? also how do I create drill and ream cycles in fusion? is it possible? it would definitely speed up my programming, i would say that is the only thing i miss from partmaker

[LibertyMachine · Accepted solution]

The tool library I have no idea on, but I know many other libraries have been brought in (MasterCam and BobCad to name a couple). The AE that has always been awesome about that is @matthew.nichols, so let's see what he has to say!

For the drill/ream? Yes, the Drilling dialog has a dropdown menu at the end of the window to select many different cycles. Some of them are dependent on the post processor being configured properly

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Now, if you are talking about a "two-in-one" cycle where you can just insert it anywhere with ease, we DO have the ability to save templates and insert them when needed. We will need to select the geometry and specify depths, but we do have some functionality there

[Anonymous]

Thank you! that saves me lots of time!

[cj.abraham]

@Anonymous Can you please upload your .TBD file for me to convert?