topic Re: Part catcher on post not turning on in Fusion Manufacture Forum

Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 20:03:06 GMT

Hello again all, I have a question about post, Im using the DMG NLX post, from the fusion library. ive only added thru spindle and high pressure coolant and G53 z instead on g28. But on this post or the original post for some reason the part catcher doesnt turn on. Theres an option for it in the post and it seems to be defined, so idk exactly why in doesnt turn on. maybe im missing something and dont have the pre requizites on for it to turn on?

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

marshal.fitch — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:10:54 GMT

If you search for "PART_CATCHER_ON" and "PART_CATCHER_OFF", I believe it should be only returning an M73 & M74, yours shows M73/M273 & M74/M274. That's the difference I see between my post and yours.

Starting at line 507 in your post:

function getCode(code, spindle) { switch (code) { case "PART_CATCHER_ON": return (spindle == SPINDLE_MAIN) ? 73 : 73; case "PART_CATCHER_OFF": return (spindle == SPINDLE_MAIN) ? 74 : 74; case "TAILSTOCK_ON": machineState.tailstockIsActive = true; return 25; case "TAILSTOCK_OFF": machineState.tailstockIsActive = false; return 26;

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:23:09 GMT

Huh, weird cause i didnt change that, other than the changes i mentioned this was the fusion post library post. i will change those to match and see if it helps. thank you

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

marshal.fitch — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 22:33:42 GMT

I'm pretty sure I had to change that from the default post when we got our NLX. It should work with 273 according to the manual, but I remember having to change it.

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:19:29 GMT

Still not getting the part catcher turning on. Wonder if im not hitting some pre requisite in fusion to activate those lines in the post or something.

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

marshal.fitch — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:13:20 GMT

Make sure "use part catcher" is checked in the part off tool path.

Also make sure when posting that the part catcher option is selected on the right side of the post window. I think that's still there anyway.

For a sanity check, you could do an M73 in the MDI screen on the lathe

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:21:48 GMT

I know M73 works cause ive been adding it. But... i feel hella dumb because i didnt know there was a check box in the toolpath itself. I thought i wasnt hitting some sort of requirement in fusion, just didnt know what it was. now that you told ne the box was there, i found it. Thank you!

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

chussey6AUAA — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:03:08 GMT

Hello, I hope its ok I'm asking a question in your post, I'm just curious after you hit the part catcher option dose your code come up M10 on and M11 off?

I have to manually change mine to M70 on and M74 off is there a possible way around this?

Post Processor (Doosan Mill/Turn) Fanuc controller (FBL230 MC Mill/Turn Lathe)

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:46:19 GMT

On the DMG NLX2500 post im using its m73 on and m74 off. But im using an older post (like six month old, not the most recent one), since i made a lot of edits to it. Disclaimer: im not a post editor or anything ( i just edit posts for our shop) and always practice utmost caution after making changes to a post. Ive attached an image where it shows what m code my post prings up when using part catcher on and it should be as simple for you as changing those 73,74 to 10,11. The other two images are just to for extra info on whats happening when you change that value. (I use vs code for post editing but thats just personal preference)

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

chussey6AUAA — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 12:18:58 GMT

I looked into what you have sent me I have attached what's in my post when I change these numbers to M70 and M74 I'm receiving and NC program error on my machine due to some Y and V codes that are in the NC program, (attached picture will show these)

In my current post its M10 and M11 I tried M70 and M74

any thoughts ?

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:58:18 GMT

Do yoiu wanna send me your original post, and you part(the part to make sure i compare gcode apples to apples but not neccesary) and i will take a look when i get the chance.

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:22:20 GMT

Im guessing your differences are from some of these settings changing when you switched to the edited post.

I went and changed just these values in the post like you,

but since i didnt change any settings when i posted, it didnt reset to defaults so i got the same stuff only the expected part catching code changed

according to vs code compare, other than the program number, this is the only thing that changed.

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

chussey6AUAA — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:56:09 GMT

Sorry about the late reply here is my Post I am using I believe the Doosan post sees M70 and M74 as something different that's why it isn't working, I am really new at all this, so I appreciate your time and patience with this.

Re: Part catcher on post not turning on

sashaveselov — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 20:34:37 GMT

can you sent me the program ou were working on when you saw that "v" error? because when i changed the 10 ands 11 to 70 and 74 in the fusion doosan mill turn post, i got code that was the same except for that change i made as you can see in my screenshots above. so i dont know why for you changing the values adds the "v". So to double check, you want to change the default m10 and m11 to m70 and m74? and you have double checked that you post proccessor screen settings carry over to the post you were altering? If you have one post selected, and switch to a new one on that screen, the settings on that screen will change. in the last message i posted a screen shot of the settings screen im talking about.

and yeah if i can im happy to help.