Exporting your tool data to a spreadsheet is an alternative, stand-alone workflow that enables you to create, modify, and manage tools using your preferred spreadsheet application. You may want to use it, for example, to modify the feeds and speeds in your custom tool library for a different material, or for use on a machine with less horsepower.
Transfer your tool data to a spreadsheet through:
CSV
.In a spreadsheet, you can resize the width of the columns and reorder them by copying and pasting a column.
Parameter names are highlighted yellow.
After you modify tool data, you can import or copy and paste it to a tool library.
Spreadsheet | Tool data imported to Tool Library |
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To create a tool preset, use the same index as the copied tool and modify the name in the Preset Name column. We copied row 4 and renamed Default preset to Steel. |
Steel displays on the list of presets. |
To export the library again while the previous spreadsheet is open, enter a different name of the spreadsheet.
CSV
Select one or more tools and use the standard Win/Mac shortcuts:
To select individual tools, use Ctrl key selection (Win) or Command key selection (macOS).
If you copy tool data several times to a spreadsheet:
Alternatively, in the Tool Library dialog, right-click a tool and select Copy tool or Paste tools from the context menu.
In a spreadsheet, select the header row and one or more rows containing tool data to copy. You can select a range of tools, for example, rows 1-5.
In the Tool Library dialog, select a library where you want to paste the tools.
Right-click the Tool List and select Paste from spreadsheet .