topic Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP in Fusion Manufacture Forum

Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

Anonymous — Wed, 03 May 2017 12:55:46 GMT

So I purchased fusion 360 and the posting processor for turning are pretty poor I have a custom built cnc lathe that runs programs from bobcad G code no problems I make the change to 360 and I am pretty disappointed at the moment hopefully my mind will change, I literally tried all 4 turn post processors and they all post different problems Do they have a mach3 turn post processor that they have tested and inspected , I was told when I bought this software by the techs that it supported mach 3 ,,, PLEASE HELP

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

paul.clauss — Wed, 03 May 2017 16:23:28 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for posting! Welcome to the Fusion 360 community - we appreciate your interest in Fusion 360.

Which post processors have you tried? We do have a generic Mach 3 Turning post available at the Post Library - are you having issues with this post?

If so, I would recommend creating an example programming illustrating the problems and posting on the HSM Post Processor forum. There are some great resources for editing posts there that may be able to help get the post sorted out for your machine.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

Anonymous — Wed, 03 May 2017 18:09:04 GMT

Let me say that I am a new to 360 however I love the cad software I am frustrated that the library that I have when I downloaded 360 only has 4 turn options for processors 2 posted code both that did were way off however I am frustrated considering the program I post is REALLY simple it's a test piece to evaluate my machine , I was told that ur software and mach3 get along the processor is more than likely the problem I just need help getting mach 3 turn into my processor library in the post screen and I can try mach processor .... I only show a mill processor so any help would be greatly appreciated I knew getting different software would be a chore I need to grind and get going with it I suppose I just expected to be setup for mach already because that's what I was told by the salesman lol so I'll grind a little while and try to get it sorted out ...thanks can u show me how to add new machines to library

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

paul.clauss — Wed, 03 May 2017 18:30:49 GMT

Hi @Anonymous

Thanks for the response - we apologize that getting Fusion set up to run with your machine has been frustrating!

To install the Mach 3 Turning post linked in my last post, please use these instructions to it to your cloud posts or these instructions to add to your personal posts. This will allow you to use it in Fusion 360.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

walshehhi — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 07:49:35 GMT

still cant find post for mach3 i used the one mentioned but when i load it to mach 3 the path is totally different than what i have in fusion 360 simulation

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

woodgrainnz — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:31:53 GMT

Hi did you have any luck finding a good F360 post processor I'm having same problem.

If you have any info to help that would be great. Thanks David

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

seth.madore — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:54:15 GMT

@woodgrainnz have you tried the Mach3 turning post processor?

https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts?p=mach3_turning

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

Stuart-H — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:58:26 GMT

the mach 3 turn is https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts? under the vendor drop down its is artsoft you need

Re: Need a Mach 3 turn post processor HELP

woodgrainnz — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:38:39 GMT

Thanks for getting back to me and not giving up on me.

So this is the out come of using
The Fusion 360 Mach3 Turning post processor

The simple test part I designed has 3 tool path setups a
1 face off looks to be right cuts perfectly to center but looks to start quite far back.

2 roughing cut starts about 20mm off and finishes making the part 20mm bigger of center in the X but looks right in the Z

3 finishing cut same as roughing cut 20mm out in the X

This is my setup
I'm running on Windows 10 64bit
With RnRMotion controller
CNC Machine is setup with rear tool post
Mach3 is in diameter mode
If I switch mach3 for front tool post the problem is worse.

Attached is drawing of the test part
Design and end result of using Fusion360 mach3 turning post processor

And photos of setup.

Thanks David