topic Re: Tool Number Changes in Gcode in Fusion Support Forum

Tool Number Changes in Gcode

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 20:04:30 GMT

When I post process my CAM, the G-code file it generates has tool numbers that are repeated. As an example, Tool 1 should be T1 or T01 but it in the G-code it is T0101. This is repeated for every tool (e.g. T0202, T0303....). I can't figure out why it is doing this. I assumed this was a post processing setting but I am even using a post processor recommended by someone else and the example code they post with it does not do this. I can manually change every tool number but this is annoying.

Re: Tool Number Changes in Gcode

HughesTooling — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 21:02:47 GMT

You don't say which post you're using but what you see is correct for most lathes. Are you posting to a lathe and which post are you using.

Mark

Re: Tool Number Changes in Gcode

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:38:01 GMT

I am using the one outlined in this video and linked in its description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNBSLE0KbcU

It is the standard Fanuc post processor with a few additional modifications. I realized later that it does not matter but I have little experience with this and I am doing all the CAM and the operator said that Mach3 was having issues with the tool designations like this. He is also inexperienced and later told me it works fine in lathe mode but had been working in mill mode to try and troubleshoot some other problems.