New CC tool entry info

[BOX5 (Mike Bohannon)]

I’m entering a vbit into user library in latest cc. I can’t find how to change the number of flutes. Help? Also, did I see in a read somewhere that if using a 60 degree you now enter 60 as the angle for this new version, or am I dreaming and I still put 30? Thanks

[Julien]

In latest versions of CC, the number of flutes does not matter anymore because of its recipe-based approach for feeds and speeds now (the number of flutes would have mattered for calculating feed rate from RPM and chipload, but now that feeds and speeds values are to entered, the number of flutes is irrelevant).

If you do want to set it (for the comfort of seeing the right number of flutes show up in the tool description pane), you will have to edit the tool database CSV file yourself, see:

Adding Tool to Library - flutes and cutting length

In prior versions of CC, where the speeds and feeds were calculated using an algorithm, the number of flutes and the flute length was important. Now that CC is moving to a more “recipe-based” approach, those values aren’t used for anything so we don’t expose them. We didn’t delete it from the internal data structures but it’s not used for anything at this point.

The angle for V-bits is the included angle (so 60 in your case)

[BOX5 (Mike Bohannon)]

Thank you. Enter 60 as 60 and do t worry about flutes. Thanks!