Mastercam

Import of CIMSOURCE/ToolsUnited exports into Mastercam

Installing the plugin files

- Unzip the contents of the file “Cimsource2Mastercam-Plugin.zip” into one of the following directories, depending on the type of your Mastercam installation:
  %SystemDrive%\Users\Public\Documents\Shared Mastercam 2026\Add-Ins
  resp.
  %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mastercam 2026\Mastercam\Add-Ins

How to integrate the tool import buttons into the Mastercam ribbon

Open the Options dialog by clicking on the “Options” menu item in the “File” menu.
Select “Customize ribbon” on the left-hand side and then select the main tab to which the buttons are to be added on the right-hand side. Now click on the “New group” button:

Click on the “Rename …” button and give the group the name “CIMSOURCE/ToolsUnited”:

Select the “Werkzeugimport” command in the list on the left and click on Add:

The new command group then appears in the main tab in which you created it:

Import of tool components exported for Mastercam

Click on the “Tool import” button:

Use the subsequent dialog to save any changes to an open file.
Use the following dialog to select the ZIP files to be imported and confirm your selection with the “OK” button
Now select the directory in which the data to be imported is to be stored in Mastercam “.tooldb” format and confirm this selection with the “OK” button.
The selected files are then converted into the “.tooldb” format.
Finally, the end of the import process is indicated by a corresponding dialog, which you can confirm with “OK”.