How setup camduct to work with ductboard

dimitry.shan — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:14:27 GMT

hello all, i have a machine wiht three tools, one is knife, angles double knife and a marker / pen. I having trouble outputting NC file with tool numbers for each. Any one knows how to set it up? i was trying to use AXYZ postprocessor.

the older working NC file: but what i am getting does not have the M06 T1 or tool 2 commands in it.

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Re: How setup camduct to work with ductboard

LanceTSM — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 03:05:32 GMT

There are some support documents that will help you with this, and incidently they reference the AXYZ postprocessor.

Start with this link:

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fabrication-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/ENU/Fabrication-UsersGuide/files/GUID-28ECD5DD-CDFF-4B31-A2A0-745CB28637A5-htm.html?st=DUCTBOARD

Re: How setup camduct to work with ductboard

dimitry.shan — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:10:54 GMT

hello sorry for such a late reply, the real issue i am facing is the layers in the DXF output file. Please see the attached image showing the green and blue lines, the green are to be cut with one tool and the blue with another. BUT the DXF file exported is plain and without layers. Am i missing some settings?

Re: How setup camduct to work with ductboard

LanceTSM — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 02:35:47 GMT

You need to setup the DXF Output Layer Mapping to map CAMducts layers to the dxf file layers.

This is done in CAMduct via "Database - Manufacturing - Tool Defaults - Layer Mapping - Export"

See attached screen shots

Re: How setup camduct to work with ductboard

LanceTSM — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 05:05:03 GMT

A follow up question if I may?

You originally said you were using AXYZ postprocessor, why have you now changed to using dxfs?

If your machine supports the AXYZ postprocessor it will be more efficient to directly generate G-Code from CAMduct,

as you can control your speeds, cut direction and cut order etc. within CAMduct and output to the machine.

You just need to get your Tool assignments set-up correctly.

Re: How setup camduct to work with ductboard

dimitry.shan — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:04:45 GMT

The cnc machine controller accepts DXF files and generated its own G-Code, this is where i made a mistake, however it only accepts DXF files with layers for different tool.

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