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Bridgeport Interact 412 Fanuc Post Edit - No Coolant

Hi All,

 

I have a post that operates correctly with Fusion and my mill, with one exception, it does not insert an M8 command when I call for coolant.

 

In the CAM section I am selecting flood, but this does not change the G code. My work around is to edit the G code and insert M8 and M9 commands as needed, but I would like to get to a point I don't have to edit the code each time.

 

Is there someone in the forum that knows a thing or two about editing posts, or can point me in the right direction? I have attached the post here.

 

Thanks

 

Castle Works Motorsports

For some reason the coolant in this post was simply commented out of functionality, which I suspect had to do with a converted knee mill CNC, which may only have manual coolant control (like a Kool Mist or something similar).

 

I have uncommented it and the coolant appears to be working normally.

 

Test carefully! Also let us know if this works in all situations.

 

File attached.

Neal Stein

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Thanks! I will do some testing with this.

 

The interesting part is this post was edited by Andrew and Wayne with Autodesk after I provided them with a post from Vectric which I was using for my CAM application. The one in Vectric was close but added M17 and M16 commands that caused issues with the controller and I was needing to edit them out.

 

I run several tests and let you know if this works.

 

Thanks again for the assistance!

Finally getting around to fully testing this post.

 

The coolant works good! Thanks....however I am running into one other issue. The Z height is running about 2" above the actual part when I run the program.

 

I am not sure it this is a post issue or if I am doing something wrong in the Fusion setup. I have touched off my tool to the top of the part and set the offset correctly.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

 

Can you share your example file? I posted a sample that I keep for testing basic post edits and all the Z-heights look fine to me. They also look fine in your screenshot, but it'd be helpful to see it.

Neal Stein

New to Fusion 360 CAM? Click here for an introduction to 2D Milling, here for 2D Turning.

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Hi Neal,

 

Thanks for the help looking into this.

 

Here is the link to my test program. Let me know if this link does not work. I could not figure out how to save the file externally and attach it. Fusion seems to be having problems this AM.

 

http://a360.co/2BPypIG

 

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I am thinking it must be something I am doing wrong in Fusion, because the post you edited for me to add the coolant  was from my Vectric CAM program and I can run programs fine from it. It's limited to 2D toolpaths which is why I really need to make the jump to Fusion to do things like my example,

 

Thanks again!

 

Kevin

Hi Neal,

 

The more I think through this, the more I think I am doing something wrong in my tool library setup.

 

This AM I went out to the machine and changed the tool offset by 1 inch lower and the z axis responded starting the program 1 inch lower than before.

 

This is the same post as I was using with Vectric, that Autodesk first modified to remove the M17 and M16 commands that were causing me problems....but then I had to add in my coolant commands manually. Then you took the post and added the coolant commands.
 
So for all practical purposes this is the same post that I have been using successfully all along with Vectric.....the one thing that has changed is I am using Fusion instead of Vectric.....I just bet a nickel I am setting something up wrong in my tool library.
 
Let me know if you have any suggestions on what I may be doing incorrectly.
 
Thanks