Hello All! Happy Halloween!
I was hoping I could get some help to make my FIRST cuts on my little cnc! I have a program to Cut 2 slots and bore a hole for a motor bracket. It starts with boring the hole. I know The center of the bore is 3.5" + Y direction from 0 but my machine only moves about 3". The DRO on cnc 12 also reads about only 3". I'm using fusion 360 to make the toolpaths. Is there anything obvious that I'm doing wrong? I've included the program and a report. Thanks for any help!!!!
-Will
Program not matching Machine movement.
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Re: Program not matching Machine movement.
Suggest you do the simulation run in Fusion 360 to verify that it is doing what you think it should. Then I would suggest you double check the post processor you are using. I'm not a g-code expert by a long ways but your code doesn't look quit right to me. Also read up on G2/G3 g-codes, they can be difficult to understand, at least for me they were. Good luck.
Re: Program not matching Machine movement.
Your NC program does indeed appear to be cutting the feature centered around Y+3.000.
Either you have the feature misplaced in the CAD drawing, or you and Fusion are not in agreement about where the part zero is supposed to be.
Either you have the feature misplaced in the CAD drawing, or you and Fusion are not in agreement about where the part zero is supposed to be.
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Re: Program not matching Machine movement.
Hey guys thanks for the advice, I went into fusion simulated the toolpath -> Info -> and indeed the Y was be programmed for 2.983. At least I know now where the problem is coming from. Thanks for the help!
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Re: Program not matching Machine movement.
Looking at your Fusion 360 job file, it looks like you have the Post Processor Property to Pre-Load tools turned on:
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(Bore2)
N30 T4 M6
N35 T1
Any scripts that are using the system variable #4120 to determine which tool is currently in the spindle will no longer work correctly as #4120 will return the pre-loaded tool T1 as the active tool and not T4 that's currently still in the spindle.
CNC12 does not provide a way to determine which tool is in the spindle if you use the Tool Pre-Load property unless you track it yourself in a script. So don't use the Post Processor Property "Pre-Load Tools" unless you have a real need to do so.
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If you are using a Touch Probe, Tool Touch Off Device or a Triple Corner Finder Plate, check out my ProbeApp
Contact me at swissi2000@gmail.com