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Mickyd11-Visitor
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August 3, 2012
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how to make a tooling asembly

  • August 3, 2012
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hi guys

i would like to add my cutting tools to a back end (bt40) to help with my simulation. Ive created the tools and the back end part but dont know how to put the 2 together.

thanks for any help

michael


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Best answer by SteveLucas

Michael,

By back end I assume you mean the tool holder? there is already a library of tool holders available in Pro so you don't have to make them(at least thats the way it is setup on my computer).

What you need to do is make an assembly of the tool holder and end mill save the assembly to a directory where you can find it then bring that assembly into tool setup using file open tool library then by copy or by reference. you then find your tool assembly and if it built correctly it should come in as a solid model.

tool assembly.JPG

tool assembly in tool setup.JPG

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SteveLucas1-VisitorAnswer
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August 6, 2012

Michael,

By back end I assume you mean the tool holder? there is already a library of tool holders available in Pro so you don't have to make them(at least thats the way it is setup on my computer).

What you need to do is make an assembly of the tool holder and end mill save the assembly to a directory where you can find it then bring that assembly into tool setup using file open tool library then by copy or by reference. you then find your tool assembly and if it built correctly it should come in as a solid model.

tool assembly.JPG

tool assembly in tool setup.JPG

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Mickyd11-VisitorAuthor
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August 7, 2012

thanks steve

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ptc-21672511-Visitor
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May 2, 2013

Hello Steve,

I want to assemble an END MILL (diameter 3 MM) and a TOOLHOLDER.

Which MILL and TOOLHOLDER do I have to choose from the Tooling library?

Where do I find the metric mills and are there metric (MM) toolholders?

thanks,

bern

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SteveLucas1-Visitor
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May 2, 2013

Hi Bern,

If you go to the support page do a search for tool Library catalog and down load it. It's a 2 1/2 megabyte pdf file that tells you what all the tools, holders and fixture parts are with all the abreviations for the family table parts. I have it downloaded and on my desktop so when I have to find a tool or fixture part I just open that and look up what I need.

Hope this helps,

Steve

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ptc-21672511-Visitor
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May 2, 2013

Thanks Steve,

I downloaded the catalog, but I can't seem to find the metric END MILLS, and toolholders...

On which pages are they?

greets,

bern

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