How We Actually Manage Cutting Tools in Fusion 360 (Google Sheets + Tool Libraries)
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The video explains how Saunders Machine Works manages cutting tools in Fusion 360 by creating "Master Tool Library" files for each CNC machine and using Google Sheets spreadsheets to add more details and information about each tool number. They also use tool tags from Tool Box Bins to organize their tooling. This system helps them keep track of their extensive tool collection and ensure the correct tools are loaded for each job.
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We create "Master Tool Library" files in Fusion 360 for each of our CNC machines as well as Google Sheets spreadsheets that add more details and information about each tool number ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links for this video Tool Tags: https://toolpath.com/blog/tool-box-bins-bring-a-little-order-to-the-tooling-chaos https://shop.portlandcnc.com/products/cat40-tt-edgeview ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reach us / CNC Info: SMW Products: https://saundersmachineworks.com/ Speeds & Feeds: ht
Top Comments
Please use your influence to get them to reference back to the main library. So frustrating. We have years of large programs and when we find a better tool it takes sometimes hours to go back through and change everything. Something like part link reference would be awesome then you could leave them
Hey John, how is this different than using a cloud library? Why have it stored in a part file?
I use a separate ltool library for each machine, but I keep those libraries as cloud libraries. That way they are always accessible without opening a project. But I do think it is kind of stupid that Fusion cant reference back to a master library. Even if they stored a copy in each project but wa
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Hey, what hardware specs are you using? Your Fusion library and windows seems to just snap open and load real quick. Always a bit laggy for me to open the library or even changing the diameter of a tool it needs to think for a few seconds before I can click on the next thing. My computer at work isn
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