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Post Process Help converting Mastercam post to Fusion

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ejbglobal
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Post Process Help converting Mastercam post to Fusion

Hi guys. 

I have a post for my lathe it's an old Cincinnati Falcon 200, the post is for Mastercam 7 which is an old program that i dont have anymore so i  want to convert it to fusion. i wanted to know if someone have an idea how to go about it or would like to help. please let me know.

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Steinwerks
in reply to: ejbglobal

There is no way to convert a post processor from another CAM system. The HSM post is written in JavaScript, while Mastercam's and many others are completely proprietary.

 

That said, if you have a good sample of code then editing a current generic post to match is usually not a big deal. What is the control on your machine exactly? Many times there is a generic post already that's pretty close.

Neal Stein



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ejbglobal
in reply to: Steinwerks

Hi Neal,

 

I have an old Cincinnati Falcon 200 its a lathe the control is Simmens A2100. the new simmens posts dont work on this machine. i have many programs i'll attach a 2 as a sample. 

 

Let me know what do you think. 

 

Eli. 

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jason35A49
in reply to: ejbglobal

For lathe programs I would just start from scratch, they are so quick and simple, why bother trying to convert them. If you have a drawing just whip it up, if not me or someone else here would certainly help you get going with it if you're new or unsure of how to do it.

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ejbglobal
in reply to: jason35A49

HI Jason, 

 

you think you can help me writing the post?. i'm not an expert when it comes to posts i have basic understanding at best. 

 

Let me know, Eli. 

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ejbglobal
in reply to: ejbglobal

Hi Jason, 

 

i didnt hear from you! are you interested in helping with this? 

 

Let me know.Eli

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ejbglobal
in reply to: Steinwerks

Hey Neal, 

 

i didn't hear back from you! any ideas

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Steinwerks
in reply to: ejbglobal

Sorry about that @ejbglobal

 

I would recommend heading over to the HSM CAM post subforum as there are folks a lot more familiar with the Siemens code style than me (IE at all really). Being so unfamiliar with it and now quite busy at work I don't have the time to devote to learning it unfortunately.

 

The HSM Post Processor subforum can be found here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/hsm-post-processor-forum/bd-p/218

Neal Stein



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