# Library

Import vendor tool data, build tool assemblies, and calculate cutting data.

Source: https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/

## [Overview](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/overview.md)

- [How the product catalog works](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/overview/product-catalog.md): What the shared and organization catalogs are, how products are identified, and what data completeness means for downstream workflows.
- [How tool assemblies work](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/overview/tool-assemblies.md): How a Tooling Metrics tool assembly stacks components from spindle to cutting edge, how connection codes enforce compatibility, and what releasing an assembly does.
- [How cutting data works](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/overview/cutting-data.md): How cutting parameters are structured, where operations come from, and how the machining calculator uses them.

## [Get started](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials.md)

- [Import GTC package](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials/import-gtc-package.md): Bulk-import a cutting tool manufacturer's product catalog into Tooling Metrics from a GTC package file.
- [Create custom product](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials/create-custom-product.md): Add a single product to Tooling Metrics from individual asset files when no GTC package is available.
- [Build your first tool assembly](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials/build-tool-assembly.md): Combine products into a complete tool assembly in Tooling Metrics, with a 3D model, drawing, and bill of materials.
- [Calculate cutting data](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/tutorials/calculate-cutting-data.md): Use the Tooling Metrics machining calculator to define cutting parameters and estimate machining results for an operation and workpiece material.

## [Guides](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides.md)

- [Find a manufacturer's GTC package](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/find-gtc-packages.md): See which cutting tool manufacturers publish the GTC data Tooling Metrics imports, how each one provides it, and where to download it.
- [How to import products from a GTC package](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/import-products.md): Bulk-import a vendor's product catalog into the Tooling Metrics Library from a GTC package file.
- [Troubleshoot a GTC import](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/troubleshoot-gtc-import.md): Diagnose a Tooling Metrics GTC import that failed, aborted, or finished without the products you expected.
- [Create a product manually](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/create-product-manually.md): Register a single product from manufacturer-supplied files when no GTC package is available.
- [How to add and manage materials](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/manage-materials.md): Add workpiece materials to the Library and assign ISO/VDI3323 classifications.
- [Build a tool assembly](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/build-tool-assembly.md): Select and connect products from the Tooling Metrics Library to form a complete tool assembly with geometry and connection codes.
- [Use the machining calculator](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/calculate-cutting-parameters.md): Find optimal speeds and feeds for a tool-material combination, check machine power requirements, and save the result as cutting data.
- [Export the tool library to CAM](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/export-tool-library.md): Push validated tool assemblies and cutting data into CAM software before programming.
- [Sync a product to an inventory item](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/guides/sync-product-to-item.md): Push a product's data into inventory so purchasing and stock tracking can begin.

## [Reference](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/reference.md)

- [Products](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/reference/products.md): Reference for product documents in the Library — fields, tabs, and commands.
- [Materials](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/reference/materials.md): Reference for material documents in the Library — fields and classification groups.
- [Tool assemblies](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/reference/tool-assemblies.md): Tool assembly document fields, component compatibility rules, and cutting data configuration.
- [Cutting data](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/library/reference/cutting-data.md): Cutting parameter fields, operation types, calculated output values, and the formulas used.

For tooling engineers and CNC programmers who keep the shop's tool data. Start with **Get started** once the [Administration](https://support.toolingmetrics.com/en/admin/tutorials/) series is done.

The products and tool assemblies you build here are what Engineering plans with, what Inventory stocks as items, and what CAM Connect sends to your CAM software.