I'm using Creo 11 w/ Complete Machining Extension. I'm trying to learn 5-axis milling capabilities of Creo and I want to have a full tool library curated by someone else.
I have downloaded the "Tooling Library" from PTC page "Legacy Creo Libraries".
https://www.ptc.com/en/support/enablement/AdditionalCreolibraries
Can anyone teach me or send me documentation on how to make use of the tools inside of Creo. For every .prt file of a tool there seems to be a corresponding .mnu file and there are 3 or 4 .exe. I imagine there is a way to view the .mnu files in a master menu with graphics, but I don't know.
Thanks,
Kevin
I wish that were an installation guide! It's a Creo help file about the config option for setting the file path for tool libraries. My issue is making use of the tool library from Creo in my NC Tool Manager. I figured out how to pick a tool and use it for toolpaths. What's frustrating is not knowing what the tools are through a guide or table of contents. The file names are not descriptive. There are 82 tool .prt files of which all that I viewed were family tables. There are hundreds of tools in total.
Here are the milling tools:
What I find interesting is the mills_s.mnu file, it says:
STD#MILLS
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ellffccws.prt
Extra long length, 4-flute, med. helix, c.c., single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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elmfemws.prt
Extra long length, multi-flute, med. helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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eltfhh.prt
Extra long length, 2-flute, high helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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kctfem.prt
2-flute, single-end, helical series end mills for key way cutting w/W.S., HSS.
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llbetf.prt
Long length, 2-flute, med. helix, ball end, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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llffccws.prt
Long length, 4-flute, med. helix, c.c., single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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llmfemws.prt
Long length, multi-flute, med. helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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lltfccws.prt
Long length, 3-flute, med. helix, c.c., single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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lltfhh.prt
Long length, 2-flute, high helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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lltfmh.prt
Long length, 2-flute, medium helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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mfbsts.prt
Multi-flute, helical series end mills w/Brown&Sharpe taper shanks, HSS.
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mfempss.prt
Multi-flute, helical series end mills with plain straight shanks, HSS.
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rlbetf.prt
Regular length, 2-flute, med. helix, ball end, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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rlffccws.prt
Regular length, 4-flute, med. helix, c.c., single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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rlmfemws.prt
Regular length, multi-flute, med. helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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rltfccws.prt
Regular length, 3-flute, med. helix, c.c., single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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rltfhh.prt
Regular length, 2-flute, high helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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rltfmh.prt
Regular length, 2-flute, med. helix, single-end end mills w/W.S., HSS.
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tsmcbs.prt
T-slot milling cutters w/staggered teeth and Brown&Sharpe taper shanks, HSS.
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tsmcws.prt
T-slot milling cutters w/staggered teeth and Weldon shanks, HSS.
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I wonder if the creators of the library made a way to view these descriptions through a menu of all tools—mills, drills, reamers, taps, and turns.
