Tool file for Fusion 360 CNC is empty

Snapmaker 2.0
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I have an A350 and Fusion 360. I want to use the CNC fuctionality like the video tutorial "Fusion360 CAD und CAM shows.

I downloaded the Tool Libraries here : https://snapmaker.com/product/snapmaker-2/downloads

There are 2 files:
Snapmaker 2.0 CNC Tool Library.tools and
Snapmaker Original CNC Tool Library.tools

If I import the CNC tool for Snapmaker 2.0 there are no new CNC bits inside Fusion360.
If I import the Orignal tool file I find 2 CNC bits. (like they are included in SM2.0.)
Not 3 like they are included in SM Original.

Iā€™m running the newest version of Fusion - but I think thatā€™s not a Fusion360 problem.
Itā€™s a Snapmaker problem.

For what is the ā€œSnapmaker 2.0 CNC Tool Library.toolsā€ file ?

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.tool is a zip fileā€¦ unzip it first then import the files inside of it.

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ATOM thank you for the answer.
You are right - it is a zip file.
I unzipped it and found a Java Script file with the decriptions of the tools.
So - something is in the *.tool file.
But the import of that *.json file brings the same result as importig the *.tool file - NOTHING !

It look like the Jave script is not correct - or the import format of Fusion 360 has changed.

Iā€™ll compare bothe *.tool files - maybe I can find a reason.

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I found the reason !!!
Inside the Javascript file there are 8 lines with Chinese letter.
Topic: Preset - variable: name - donā€™t know what the meening is.
I changed it into englisch words (just china1 - china8) - and now it works !
Seems, that Fusion360 German Version donā€™t like Chinese letters.

There are 2 possibilities:

  1. Itā€™s only a problem of the German version ā€“ or
  2. Nobody tried to use Fusion 360 for CNC (even the Snapmaker people)
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I was able to import them without any problems. I did use the version from the github page, but I assume they are the same: https://github.com/Snapmaker/snapmaker_cnc_post_process

Using Fusion360 in English.

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brvdboss:
I looked at the GitHub page, but I cannot find the tool files. (*.tool)
I can only see the ā€œposrprocessā€ file.
Can you help me please to find these *.tool files ?
regards
K.D.

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Itā€™s in this directory:

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OK - Thank you I found it.
But there are to Chinese words included too - strage.

It looks like it is a problem of the German version.
But I replaced these words and now it works.

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Yeah, even in the English version of Fusion 360 some of the tools have Chinese text appear - no idea what they actually say but unlike the German version it doesnā€™t stop the files from importing. I kept meaning to log a ticket in Github but never got around to it.