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    <title>topic Fusion thinks I have a 5th axis. Trying to use 4th axis. in Fusion Manufacture</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to get a 4th axis up and running and the Fusion post processor isn't happy.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a CNC Router Parts Pro machine. I have been using the supplied CNCRP config to do 3 axis work up to this point. It throws the following error when trying to use the 4th axis with a wrapped tool path.&amp;nbsp;I also tried the Artsoft Mach3 config. Both throw a similar error when trying to generate G code:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;###############################################################################
Error: This post configuration has not been customized for 5-axis simultaneous toolpath.
Error at line: 907
Error in operation: '2D Contour2'
Failed while processing onRapid5D() for record 417.
###############################################################################&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have attached the file to this message. Just a quick test trying to cut contours into a scrap of paper tube.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I wonder if it's trying to rock the tool to exactly follow the contours, since they probably aren't exactly perpendicular to the centerline. If so is there a way to tell it to ignore this? Close enough is close enough in this case. &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/html/@D5D66E11BC96A1C8427F98151D3E9A7A/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>kjav</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2018-11-14T03:17:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fusion thinks I have a 5th axis. Trying to use 4th axis.</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/fusion-thinks-i-have-a-5th-axis-trying-to-use-4th-axis/m-p/8400303#M53926</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I'm trying to get a 4th axis up and running and the Fusion post processor isn't happy.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a CNC Router Parts Pro machine. I have been using the supplied CNCRP config to do 3 axis work up to this point. It throws the following error when trying to use the 4th axis with a wrapped tool path.&amp;nbsp;I also tried the Artsoft Mach3 config. Both throw a similar error when trying to generate G code:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;PRE&gt;###############################################################################
Error: This post configuration has not been customized for 5-axis simultaneous toolpath.
Error at line: 907
Error in operation: '2D Contour2'
Failed while processing onRapid5D() for record 417.
###############################################################################&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have attached the file to this message. Just a quick test trying to cut contours into a scrap of paper tube.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I wonder if it's trying to rock the tool to exactly follow the contours, since they probably aren't exactly perpendicular to the centerline. If so is there a way to tell it to ignore this? Close enough is close enough in this case. &lt;img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://forums.autodesk.com/html/@D5D66E11BC96A1C8427F98151D3E9A7A/emoticons/1f642.png" alt=":slightly_smiling_face:" title=":slightly_smiling_face:" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 03:17:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kjav</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-14T03:17:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Fusion thinks I have a 5th axis. Trying to use 4th axis.</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/fusion-thinks-i-have-a-5th-axis-trying-to-use-4th-axis/m-p/8401090#M53930</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Couple of things:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;1) You want to place the WCS at center of rotation, which would be the center of the part axis (either edge doesn't matter)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;2) The Mach3 post will work just fine if you enable the 4th axis:&lt;/P&gt;
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 12:14:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>LibertyMachine</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-14T12:14:48Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Fusion thinks I have a 5th axis. Trying to use 4th axis.</title>
      <link>https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture/fusion-thinks-i-have-a-5th-axis-trying-to-use-4th-axis/m-p/8402561#M53951</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Outstanding. I missed that option. It works.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;One comment though - I did crash my machine. By default that processor uses G28 at the top. The option indicates something about 'safe retracts', but G28, as far as I can tell in Mach3, drives the machine to home and I think it uses machine coordinates. When I tried to start the program on the machine, even before the tool started to spin, it drove z straight down into the table. Lucky I didn't have a&amp;nbsp; tool inserted but it did munch my air exit tubes flat. Once I disabled this in the pre-processor dialog it no longer inserted the G28 and it worked fine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regarding the WCS center, that's a good tip. Thank you. Is that just when I create the model, or does it need to be centered in the CAM Stock Setup? I had planned to use the top of my 4th axis drive box as zero when using this setup, but if I need the WCS at center of stock, I'll need to have the centerline of the rotary as the z and the y.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks again.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 20:44:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>kjav</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2018-11-14T20:44:53Z</dc:date>
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