Tool Setting Database in Metric Units

Could you please include a tool setting database in metric units for beginners?

As you know, most countries except the US use metric units.
I’m using this machine in Korea, and everything is based on metric units like millimeters.

As a novice CNC user, I’m not familiar with tool settings, so I’m using the default database by making small adjustments.
To do this, I calculate in millimeters each time and save new tool settings.

I’m concerned that errors may occur during this process.

The program allows you to select millimeter units, but the tool settings don’t change accordingly.

Could you include this in the next update?
Or, it would be helpful if you could provide a loadable file.
I can also pay for this.

I’m curious where you’re having the issue. If I change my units in job setup, the parameters for the tool get converted to the current work units


These are the same tool, I just changed my work units.

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Note that the tool databases are stored in .csv files, and one can duplicate a Tool from an existing Library:

create a new one:

and paste it:

Note that the units used for a given tool are specified on a per-tool basis, so one could then do Help | About Carbide Create | Open Data Directory to get to:

and then edit the .csv file for the tool:

loading it into a spreadsheet, and editing as desired:

esp. note the metric column, where I believe toggling to 1 will allow one to redefine a tool using suitable formulae as metric values (just be careful not to miss any).

For more on this see:

and the community has written up:

and

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