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Import a tool library into Carbide Create (Beta)

Convert a Fusion 360, Vectric or FreeCAD library, or a vendor spreadsheet, into a Carbide Create tool library CSV.

Opens: Fusion .tools/.json/.csv, Vectric .vtdb, Carbide Create .csv, FreeCAD .fctl/.fctb, LinuxCNC/PathPilot tool.tbl, CSV, Excel
Saves: Fusion .tools/.json, Vectric .vtdb, Carbide Create .csv, FreeCAD 1.1 / 0.19–1.0, LinuxCNC tool.tbl, CSV, Excel

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Tool library
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.tools, .json, .vtdb, .csv, .tsv, .txt, .tbl, .fctl, .fctb, .xlsx, .xls, .ods, .zip · up to 200 MB each, 500 files max
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    A Fusion .tools/.json/.csv library, a Vectric .vtdb database, a Carbide Create tool .csv, FreeCAD .fctl plus its .fctb bits (or a .zip of the Tools folder), a LinuxCNC/PathPilot tool.tbl, or a CSV/Excel tool list. If you add several files, their tools are merged into one library.

    Options

    Keep each tool's own units where the target allows it, or convert everything. Tool tables always use one unit system: match your machine.

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    Only used for files that do not record their units (LinuxCNC tool tables, bare spreadsheets).

    Your files are deleted after processing.

    Carbide Create keeps each tool library as a CSV file in its data folder and reads them when it starts. This page turns a Fusion 360 library, a Vectric .vtdb, a FreeCAD library, a LinuxCNC tool table or a vendor spreadsheet into a CSV in that format, ready to drop into the folder.

    How to add a tool library to Carbide Create

    1. Upload the library you have. Several files at once are merged into one library.
    2. Convert to is already set to Carbide Create. Under Units of the output, keep each tool's own units or switch everything to millimetres or inches.
    3. Download the .csv.
    4. Find Carbide Create's data folder through Help → About → Open Data Directory (macOS: Carbide Create → About → Open Data Directory), put the file in its tools subfolder and start Carbide Create again.

    The file name becomes the library name. Rename it to the pattern Library+Machine+Material.csv, for example Amana+Shapeoko+Hardwood.csv, and Carbide Create offers it only for that machine and material.

    What fits into a Carbide Create library

    Carbide Create keeps one line per tool: number, name, vendor, part number and link, coating, diameter, shank, flute length, stick-out, corner radius, angle and flute count, plus a single set of cutting data (material, spindle speed, feed, plunge, depth per pass and stepover). Stepover is written as a percentage of the diameter, as Carbide Create expects.

    What gets simplified

    • One preset per tool. When a source tool has cutting data for several materials, the first preset is used; the notes count how many tools had more. Check that the first preset suits the material you cut, or edit the values in Carbide Create.
    • Tapered ball noses have no Carbide Create type; they become ball noses with the tip diameter, and the taper angle is dropped.
    • V-bits are written without a flat tip.
    • Face mills, form tools and tapered end mills are written as end mills.
    • Overall length, ramp feed and chip load have no column in the format.

    Everything that was changed or dropped is listed in the conversion notes, with example tool names, so you know which tools to review after the import.

    Feeds and speeds are copied from the source unchanged. Treat vendor values as a starting point and verify them for your machine before cutting. The main converter lists every format it reads.

    More about what this tool reads and writes: CNC Tool Library Converter.

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