How to add a custom end mill in CC

[Idfnova (Paul Robinson)]

I’d like to add a endmill to CC (actually just changing the size of the tool for a roughing pass) but I don’t see where I can add a custom tool size in CC. Is it possible to add a tool to CC?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Please see:

Adding tools in CC440 and later

This is a bit different — the tools are now stored in CSV files (do Help | About | Open Data Directory to access the carbidecreate/tools directory), and it is first necessary to add a New Library: [image] after clicking on the “New library” button you will get the “Create new library” dialog: [image] make appropriate selections (note that certain endmills only appear in certain materials — at this time, MDF has the most complete listing — further note that one aspect of this is the suitabil…

[Idfnova (Paul Robinson)]

Thank you. Just loaded the current version of CC. Hopefully I added the tool correctly.