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Open a Vectric .vtdb tool database without VCarve (Beta)

See every tool in a .vtdb, with its geometry and feeds and speeds, and export it to Excel or 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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    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).

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    A .vtdb file is a Vectric tool database, the format VCarve, Aspire, Cut2D and Cut3D have used since version 10. Without one of those programs you can't simply open it, and a vendor download doesn't tell you what's inside. Upload it here to see every tool it contains and get the whole database as an Excel sheet.

    How to open a .vtdb file

    1. Upload the .vtdb. It can be a vendor download or your own database, which Vectric usually keeps as tools.vtdb in a ToolDatabase folder.
    2. Convert to is already set to an Excel tool list. Pick CSV tool list instead if you want plain text.
    3. Look at the preview: it shows up to 200 tools with type, name, units, diameter, lengths, shank, corner radius, angle, flute count, vendor and part number, plus a summary of their feeds and speeds. The Excel file contains all of them.

    What the Excel sheet shows

    The Tools sheet has one row per feeds-and-speeds preset, so a tool with cutting data for three materials appears on three rows. The columns cover:

    • tool number, type and name, with Vectric's name templates such as {Diameter|F} filled in with the real values;
    • units and all geometry: diameter, flute length, corner radius, included angle, taper angle per side, tip diameter and flute count;
    • the folder the tool sits in, such as Amana Tool Master / Endmill / 1/8" Shank, and any notes the vendor stored with it;
    • material, spindle speed, feed, plunge rate, stepdown and stepover for each preset.

    Feeds are converted to units per minute in each tool's own unit system, whatever unit Vectric stored them in. A Read me sheet explains the columns.

    Why a SQLite viewer isn't enough

    A .vtdb is an SQLite database, so a general database browser will open it. But the tools are spread over several linked tables, with numeric codes for tool types and feed units and names kept as templates. The converter joins those tables and translates the codes.

    Related problems

    • "Tool database written by a later version." Older Vectric releases refuse databases saved by newer ones. Convert the file to VCarve / Aspire / Cut2D tool database to get the same tools in the older version-10 layout.
    • Form tools show their name and diameter, but not the drawn profile.
    • To use the tools in another CAM program, see Vectric to Fusion 360 or Carbide Create.

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