Hello, I have been following along with Titan on the TITAN M1 project. This is my first time using Fusion 360 and doing anything CNC. I’ve had success in completing the CAD and CAM portions of the project, but have been struggling with Post Processing. I don’t have a CNC machine, but would like to at least generate the code for viewing purposes. I have tried creating a Local post processor without any luck. Fusion keeps sending me an error that with their free version, you have to post process each toolpath separately as it does not accommodate tool changes. Does anyone have a way to Post Process a file that is saved directly to your hard drive that can be viewed through Word Pad or Windows Visual Studio Code?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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I did not know they did this, I have an education version so I am able to post complete programs. I suspect this is not a post processor issue but a software (free) embedded feature. I suspect it prevents people from using the free version to use in their machine shops as the go to CAM package. If it does not post tools changes, you could always post each process, combine them into one file and then take a look at the program and add the necessary tool change information. For a Mill here is an example for a Haas Tool change code:
(Name of Tool)
M1
T1 M6
S5000 M3
G54
G0 X1.5 Y-0.3125
G43 Z1.0 H1
G0 Z0.2
The code for your process is here, then the exit tool code follows
G0 Z1.0
M5
G28 G91 Z0.
G90
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Thank you for the reply Stephen. I think you’re right, it’s likely just a restriction put in place by the Free version. There will definitely be time to learn more about Post Processors later. Hopefully going through the motions in the Building Blocks series will be enough to satisfy my craving for CAD/CAM. Thanks again for your reply!