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If you need additional support with your Harvey Tool and Helical libraries, think you may have found some dimensional data that needs correcting, or have feedback you want to share with our team, you can get in touch with us by sending an email to [email protected].

To ensure the best possible machining results, we have decided not to prepopulate speeds and feeds information into our tool libraries. Instead, we encourage machinists to access the speeds and feeds resources that we offer to dial accurate running parameters based on their material, application, and machine capabilities.

Helical Solutions Speeds & Feeds

To access speeds and feeds information for your Helical Solutions end mills, we recommend using our Machining Advisor Pro application. Machining Advisor Pro (MAP) generates specialized machining parameters by pairing the unique geometries of your Helical Solutions end mill with your exact tool path, material, and machine setup. MAP is available free of charge as a web-based desktop app, or as a downloadable application on the App Store for iOS and Google Play.

To learn more about Machining Advisor Pro and get started today, visit www.machiningadvisorpro.com. If you have any questions about MAP, please reach out to us at [email protected]

If you have further questions about speeds and feeds, please reach out to our Technical Support team. They can be reached Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 7 PM EST at 866-543-5422, or by email at [email protected].

To ensure the best possible machining results, we have decided not to prepopulate speeds and feeds information into our tool libraries. Instead, we encourage machinists to access the speeds and feeds resources that we offer to dial accurate running parameters based on their material, application, and machine capabilities.

Harvey Tool Speeds & Feeds

To access speeds and feeds information for your Harvey Tool product, head to http://www.harveytool.com/cms/SpeedsFeeds_228.aspx to find speeds and feeds libraries for every tool.

If you are looking for tool specific speeds and feeds information, you will need to access the tool’s “Tech Info” page. You can reach these pages by clicking any of the hyperlinked tool numbers across all of our product tables. From there, simply click “Speeds & Feeds” to access the speeds and feeds PDF for that specific tool.

If you have further questions about speeds and feeds, please reach out to our Technical Support team. They can be reached Monday-Friday from 8 AM to 7 PM EST at 800-645-5609, or by email at [email protected].

Once you have downloaded your new SolidCAM tool libraries, selecting a specific tool or group of tools can be done in several ways.

One way to find a tool is to search for a tool by tool number, or EDP number. For example, if you are looking for Helical Tool EDP 00015, you can find the EDP in the “Tool Number” field within the library. You can also click on the binocular icon on the top menu to search by tool number.

You will also be able to sort the library by using the filters on each column. Simply click on the column header to change the filters, or to search within that column. For example, if you wanted to find a .125″ diameter end mill, you could click on the Diameter column and sort from .125″ to .125″ to show only tools with that diameter.

We are also giving users the ability to upload smaller library files from within the larger ZIP file to focus solely on a single product family, which will make for quicker searches. For example, users can import just the Miniature End Mills – Ball library, which will only show you tools from that product family.

You can find a direct link to Harvey Tool and Helical tool libraries for SolidCAM by clicking the “Download” buttons in the webpage above, or by clicking the links below.

Harvey Tool – End Mills

Helical Solutions – End Mills

These links will trigger an automatic download of a ZIP file which contains the various SolidCAM library files (in .TAB format) for each brand. You can find these files by heading to your File Explorer and going to your Downloads folder. Each ZIP file will contain multiple TAB files, broken down by product group. For example, you will see different Harvey Tool end mill libraries for ball, square, corner radius, and all of the material specific products. For ease of use, it would be best to extract the various tool libraries from the ZIP file into the folder where you typically store your tool library files.

Once you have downloaded your tool library, you will need to import the tool libraries into SolidCAM by clicking on the “SolidCAM” menu on your top toolbar. From there, navigate to the “Tool Library” option in the drop down menu, and select “Edit Tool Library”.

Once inside the Tool Library editor, you will want to make sure that SolidCAM is pulling from the correct tool library folder. Since all of the Harvey Tool and Helical tool libraries are in TAB format, under “Library Type” you will want to have TAB selected. Once TAB is selected, the “Source Library” drop down menu should populate with the different available library files. If you cannot see the Harvey Tool and Helical tool libraries, please double check to make sure that you are searching within the correct folder.

Once you find the tool library you want to import, select “OK” and the tool library will populate into a new window inside SolidCAM.

After that, you are all set! You can add these tools to a job, move them around to different lists, and enjoy the convenience of having access to thousands of Harvey Tool and Helical Solutions cutting tools with the click of a mouse.

If you have further questions or need support with SolidCAM downloads, please get in contact with your local SolidCAM rep, SolidCAM reseller, or visit https://www.solidcam.com/en-us/ for more information.