{"id":13016,"date":"2020-04-10T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=13016"},"modified":"2020-04-09T02:38:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T09:38:08","slug":"manufacturing-tool-library-preview-whats-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/manufacturing-tool-library-preview-whats-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Manufacturing Tool Library Preview &#8211; What&#8217;s Coming Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13025 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"manufacturing-tool-library\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shutterstock_1432126169-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We&#8217;re working hard to build a new tool library that gives a great user experience and allows you to manage and use your tools efficiently. Here&#8217;s a preview of improvements coming in the next product update.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To try the tool library preview functionality, go to your preferences\u00a0 &gt; Preview features &gt; Tool library<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The functionality will show up in the Manufacture Workspace &gt; Utilities &gt; CAM Tool Library\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><b>New functionality<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Operations-and-setups.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Operations &amp; setups <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; We&#8217;ve added a list of setups under the document library to help you quickly find tools associated with a setup. Clicking on a setup in the tree will filter the tool list to show only tools in that setup. In the main tool list, we&#8217;ve made tools used in operations expandable; expanding a tool will show all the operations it is used in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Renumber.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Renumber tools <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; You can now renumber a selection of tools quickly using the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumber tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button. To renumber a set of tools, select the tools you&#8217;d like to renumber in the tool list then press <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumber tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> above the tool list. To renumber all tools in a library, select the library in the tool library tree on the left-hand side then use the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Renumber tools <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">button above the tool library tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Remove-unused-tools.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Remove unused tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; We&#8217;ve added the ability to remove all the unused tools from a document. Select the document you&#8217;d like to clean up from the tool library tree and then use the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remove unused tools <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">button to remove all the tools in that document that aren&#8217;t used in any operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>Improvements<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13021\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Filters.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Filters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; We&#8217;ve improved the appearance and usability of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Filters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tab on the right-hand side of the tool list. Each filter is now collapsible to save space, and you have several filter options for number values, including <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Range, Equal, Not equal, <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Greater than <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Less than<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. You can clear an individual filter using the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clear Filter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button at the top right of the filter or clear all filters using the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clear all filters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> button at the top right of the tool list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Delete-tool-dialog.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"839\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Delete tool warning <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; The confirmation dialog that appears when you delete tools will now show you which operations the tools are used in so that you can have confidence you&#8217;ve selected the tool you wanted to remove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><strong>Other fixes<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Text legibility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; We&#8217;ve heard that some customers were finding the text in the tool library challenging to read because of the light colors. We&#8217;ve made some changes to make the text darker and more apparent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Column customizations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are now remembered when returning from the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">edit tool <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to the main tool library page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Performance improvements<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; We know that you need to work as efficiently as possible, so we&#8217;ve made some more performance improvements.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tooltip on tools <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; We heard some customers were finding the tooltips on tools in the tool list frustrating, so we&#8217;ve disabled them.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cutting data tab<\/strong> &#8211; We&#8217;ve moved some of the parameters on the <i style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cutting data <\/span><\/i>tab so that they are displayed in a more logical order.<\/li>\n<li><b>Dimension diagrams <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for S, T, V, and W type turning tools are now displayed on the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">edit tool <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Invalid tools <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; Libraries containing an invalid tool will now show a warning icon in the tool library tree.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like always, we appreciate your support, and once you start to use these features,\u00a0we&#8217;d love to hear your feedback on the <i>New Tool Library <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/fusion-360-manufacture\/new-tool-library\/td-p\/9203677\">forum thread<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Matt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re working hard to build a new tool library that gives a great user experience and allows you to manage and use your tools efficiently. 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