Convert Fusion360 Tool Library to LinuxCNC Tool Table

Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I recently wrote a Python script that creates a LinuxCNC Tool Table based off your Fusion360 Tool Library. You just export your Library from Fusion360 and run this script on it to generate your new Tool Table. Hopefully it helps someone else. github.com/ntc490/fusion360/

Awesome, thanks NTC!

This script seems to be awesome.

I'm a noob to linux.

I understand how to run python code, but do not understand "run this script on it". Can you elaborate or point me to a link for reading up on the topic?

I seem to be getting a message that is:

"import error: no module named docopt"

I am running the install of linux that comes packaged with LinuxCNC 2.7

This could be handy Thanks!

I too found this script needed and very useful - thank you Nathan.

While I do not wish to add tools manually in LinuxCNC to bring over to fusion 360, I do not wish to get measured tool offsets overriden when I change the fusion library and run the script to update the LinuxCNC tool file. Hence in my view of the workflow, fusion 360 tool library is the master tool library but measured tool offsets should be retained.

Another thing that I came to need, was to take advantage of the fusion 360 library details on tool holder length, tool length and tool type, to extract hints for tool setter tool measurements.

I ended up creating a v2 of the script and made a pull request on Nathan GitHub rep github.com/ntc490/fusion360/pulls.

Unfortunately adding information like that to the LinuxCNC tool table it is not a simple matter. I thought of using the description field or use columns not needed for a mill. I went with the latter, and so it is not a general solution.

None the less I thought it may be useful for someone else, hence sharing it here.

Hello,
I changed the script a little bit to be run inside Fusion 360 as an add-in.
It asks you to choose a json file from CAMTools directory and outputs a formatted file using ntc490's code above. Previously i made a similar one for Mach 3, used the same approach with LinuxCNC. Only tested on a mac. Hope it is useful.

github.com/egemens/Fusion-360-tools-to-LinuxCNC-exporter