[Mach3 CNC License
Iberio Ralda
I was simply trying to use the 4th axis to turn a rectangular block to face 2 or 4 sides, and pocket 2 sides. When posting, it simply fails. Not sure if Ill be able to do what I would like all in one, if not I am also fine writing it in (just knowing how correctly) or lastly manually rotating the block once each individual operation is done. Thank you for your time.
(Looking through the forums, it looks like I may need to enable "machine configuration", as in through mach3mill.cps, the code itself?)
A post where I am wondering if the attached M4x.cps file is something I can use, going to check it out:
-processors/need-help-modifying-mach3mill-post-for-use-with-trunni...
Post processor signature could not be verified (error 0xfffffffc).
Generated by: Fusion 360 CAM 2.0.2271
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Warning: Work offset has not been specified. Using G54 as WCS.
Error: Tool orientation is not supported.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: Failed to invoke function 'onSection'.
Error: Failed to invoke 'onSection' in the post configuration.
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Thursday, August 04, 2016 8:00:31 AM
Post processing failed.
When you do the extrude if you set it as from object, then click on the outside of the cylinder, then for the distances you just do a - whatever, it wraps the extrude to the cylinder and the depth is constant.
Thakns for the answer. I had actually tried that change myself but didn't see any difference. Just tried again and unless there is something somewhere else to do to get the change taken (I have even made a new file, with a new description) I still get the inverted text.
Thanks for the constant depth example - I had come across some videos or posts that said wrapping wasn't possible in F3D and that what I did was a workaround. Or I misunderstood and the wrap that is missing is the one we'd actually want - where the edges of the embossing are perpendicular to the cylinder wall at this location instead of being straight to the sketch plane.
Did you have a look at the setup in my example, your one you had the origin in the wrong places, for any 4th axis work the origin needs to be at dead center end with the axis pointing in the correct direction.
Thanks for the constant depth example this is a work around - I had come across some videos or posts that said wrapping wasn't possible in F3D and that what I did was a workaround. that would of been out of date. Or I misunderstood and the wrap that is missing is the one we'd actually want - where the edges of the embossing are perpendicular to the cylinder wall at this location instead of being straight to the sketch plane. this is 4th axis continuous, what fusion does not have yet and is what is wonted by almost everyone
the wrap function in any program that has a wrap function one part of the cut is always going to be angled, as it's a axis substitution or in your case changing X to A so the cutter cant get into the position where it's straight up and down to the surfaces, it would need a X axis movement to do it.
> Did you have a look at the setup in my example, your one you had the origin in the wrong places, for any 4th axis work the origin needs to be at dead center end with the axis pointing in the correct direction.
I was talking of the CAD side of things in this instance, not of CAM, the fact that the emboss isn't towards the axis - But yeah I've seen many requests about that so hopefully that will make its way in one day.
Fusion needs to know the center of rotation it could be anywhere along the the center of the material, saying dead center end and setting it to dead center end is a lot easier to do as it's at the center of the whatever is holding it to the 4th axis, or the center of the part at the other end.
It stands out that people don't home the machine properly if they need to remove a Z0 at the start as that is Z going to home, if the code is setup properly and the machine the machine will not go to work Z0 as it's set to go to a Z+ position.
I have the same problem. Specifically, I cannot access the 4th axis using the Autodesk post processor for Mach3. I've tried to tweak the .cps file myself without success. I've also tried Daniel_Lyall's "mach3mill with-axis.cps, also without success. I keep getting the message "Direction is not supported for machine configuration."
I am very new to CNC. I just started using Fusion360. I have designed a very simple engrave operation and have successfully get Fusion360 to do what I wanted to do. The problem is that Mach3 Mill is not displaying the proper toolpath that I have designed. I have homed everything to zero in Mach3 Mill before loading the G-Code. I left the post in Fusion360 to default when I posted the G-Code using Generic Mach3 Mill. I would appreciate any help. I have attached screenshots of my design together with the toolpath I have made in Fusion360 as well as the toolpath Mach3 Mill is showing. I have also attached the G-Code but I changed the .tap extension so it can be attached. Thank you in advance.
Idk how you got that display but that's the display I want to see in my Mach3 Mill. Is there any settings that I need to configure? I only configured the ports and pins, I/O, and left everything else to default.
Edit: I have installed Mach3 Mill on a different machine (windows 7 64 bit) and when I loaded the G-Code to the new machine, it shows the correct design and toolpath while on the old machine (windows xp 32 bit) it shows the wrong design and toolpath. What could be wrong?
Its may well be corrupted on your xp machine it happens sometime, (in 7 years I have had it happen 3 times) you just overwrite the Mach3 instal, but first copy and paste your Mach3 folder from C/mach3 to your desktop as a backup for your settings and license, It should not stuff anything doing a overwrite just incase.
I have already fixed the problem before I read this post. This is exactly what I just did an hour ago and it worked. It now displays the proper toolpath and does exactly what I designed it to do in Fusion360. I have set everything to home and also zero x y and z before I loaded the G-Code. Thank you everyone for the help. Such a great community. I'm still new to CNC machining with Fusion360 and Mach3 Mill so expect more newbie questions from me. Hoping for everyone's help in the near future.
Hello, I have a problem that I do not understand what happens. The last time I used the machine with Mach3 was 2 years ago and it worked perfectly (nothing was modified). Now when loading a file the toolpath looks correct and the g-code as well. When you press reset to start working the code gets corrupted and the toolpath only shows a few steps.After loadingafter pressing RESET
Hi, I have a self-built CNC machine working with Mach 3 on a dedicated computer with parallel port running Win XP. Can I use Easel directly (i.e. without exporting/importing gcode) with my existing setup? If yes, how do I go about it?
hello excuse me I have a problem that I do not understand when I pass the gcode generated by EASEL on mach3 nothing happens no movement nothing I do not know why and especially how to solve the problem
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