topic Re: Post Process Failure in Fusion Manufacture Forum

Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:16:01 GMT

So I'm attempting to post the process for a CO2 car for a school project. I'm using a 4 axis router, but when I post the process, the file is failed. This is the error in the file:

Error: Tool orientation is not supported.
Error at line: 482
Error in operation: 'Left Roughing'
Failed while processing onSection() for record 388.

I am also completely new to CAM, so I may have just done it wrong

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:30:36 GMT

It doesn't look like you are doing anything horribly wrong, and this comes back to the Post Processor in use. What is your machine and what post processor are you using?

It needs to be configured for 4th axis posting.

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:54:11 GMT

I’m using the default processor given, “Acramatic”. The machine I plan to use is a Roland MDX-540.

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:01:46 GMT

The post library is alphabetical. Acramatic is almost literally the worst one to be heading that list. But A-Z it is...

There are a couple Roland posts in the generic library:

They may not be configured for 4th axis work. At that point, you can post on the HSM Post forum and ask for help implementing the changes, or work with a reseller to add that to the post

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:26:11 GMT

Ok, so the file exported as a .prn, and opened in Excel by default. But this seemed to work. Thanks!

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 18:35:39 GMT

Excel, that's odd...

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:40:11 GMT

Not sure why, but I will test the code to see if it works.

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:49:25 GMT

So the file is now posted properly, but the VPanel doesn't accept the .prn file extension. Yet, in Fusion when selecting the "Roland RML" processor, the MDX-540 shows up as a machine.

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:54:04 GMT

Changing the file extension that is assigned is literally one of the easiest post mods one can make, but still daunting if you've never cracked it open.

Open up the .cps file in any text editor

Scroll down a few lines to this section:

And change your extension to one that is recognized by the controller. The example above is a post I happened to have open. Your text may vary slightly

After you've made the edit, save the file to a local folder or save it in the cloud. (You will need to turn on Cloud Libraries for that)

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:55:19 GMT

The posted file has the .prn extension, not .cps

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:58:12 GMT

And what extension does your machine want to see? Your last post stated "but the VPanel doesn't accept the .prn file extension"

What I wrote above was how to open up your post processor and edit the .cps to output the correct extension

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:42:40 GMT

The Roland want a .ofl file exension. In case this helps, I'm on Mac, and when it opens in brackets, there's no line for an extension file

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:50:35 GMT

Ok, so let's slow down a bit. You are posting the code out, which is fine. However, the extension that it applies to the file is incorrect.

You have two options:

1) Just assign it a correct extension after it's been posted out. In Windows, click on it once, pause, a second time and then you can rename the extension. This would obviously get tedious.

2) Edit the post processor. This would be done before you even hit the Post Process button.

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:12:47 GMT

Where would I edit the processor. I can't seem to find where to import a custom one.

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:36:01 GMT

This ARTICLE will help you locate your post processor. Scroll down to the section for Mac OS.

I suggest going with THIS POST, rather than trying to find and edit the one on your PC already

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:12:29 GMT

Ok, so I got the file, and added it to my personal posts. It still exports as a .prn

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:12:32 GMT

Ok, so I got the file, and added it to my personal posts. It still exports as a .prn

Re: Post Process Failure

seth.madore — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:16:31 GMT

Download post processor.

Before using post processor, open it up as described further up this post

Scroll down to the section (very early on) that applies the extension.

Change it to what you want

Save it

Go to Fusion, direct your Post dialog to use correct post processor.

Re: Post Process Failure

Infinite_Star — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:19:59 GMT

Thank you so much! This helped a lot, and hopefully the router will read it.

Re: Post Process Failure

t.adkins — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:57:58 GMT

Hello, I cant seem to get the Burny post processor to work from the post process library. Any help would be appreciated.