get tooldata base from one computer to another

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cusoak
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get tooldata base from one computer to another

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I tried to move my tooldata base from old computer to new one with no success.
Opened vcarve and file and opened appclation data folder and found the latest version of my tools copied amd then went to the new computor and to the same folder and pasted it, then shut program down and restarted my new tool did not show up.
So what did I do wrong.
Jeff

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Adrian
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Re: get tooldata base from one computer to another

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Safest way is to use the export and import options in the tool database itself rather than copying the whole file.

It should have worked though as long as you copied the correct file. There is more than one file in the tool database folder as there is the default file plus backups. The tools.tool_db file is the one you want with no other suffixes.

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Re: get tooldata base from one computer to another

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tools,tool-db
tools,tool-db vectric is in both of the application areas.
So tell me how to export and import.
Am I going to put that on a jump drive to get into the other computer

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Re: get tooldata base from one computer to another

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Go into the tool database on the original computer via the Toolpaths/Tool Database menu option (need to have a job loaded). Click to select the level you want to export and then click the Export button. Move the file that you save to the target computer, go into the tool database in the same way and choose import. Note the tools will be imported to whichever level you have selected in the database at the time.

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Re: get tooldata base from one computer to another

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In that data base folder there are 4 tool data -backup with 4 different dates to them they also have a 4 numbers after the date

Thanks Adrian That worked just Fine.
Not back to work.
Jeff

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