Fusion (Sub Program of sorts)

Fusion (Sub Program of sorts)

christopher.leblanc
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Fusion (Sub Program of sorts)

christopher.leblanc
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  Ok, so I would imaging Fusion 360 should have some way to do this within the software itself without having to post out parts and create a program in a editor myself to get it to do exactly what I want.  I'm running an old Mazak VTC-200B which I'm limited to a 1.4mb floppy drive and any program over 900kb is going to freeze up in the middle of the program at random points due to the size.  So what I end up having to do is either write several butchered up programs to get one job done, or what I am looking too do is, lets say we have a square 2x2x2 for example sake. these are the finished sizes the stock can be 2.5x2.5x2.5 if you want it doesn't matter.  What I would to do in fusion is write my program so it let stay steps down at .04 step down and not have a .04 step down all the way to 2.5 in long form rather, step down .04, then run the sub program or routine whatever to go down another .04 till it reaches the desired point. so instead of having a  2mb program I have a 60kb program.

 

Thank you ahead of time, still researching and working on the problem from my end but figured I would throw this out there to get more eyes on it incase someone knew the solution I was overlooking.

 

Christopher LeBlanc

 

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seth.madore
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While subprograms are possible, it's not going to be possible to convert a .04" deep cut into a subprogram that "loops" all the way down to Z-2.0" (as an example) The only way I can see that happening is by some manual editing after the fact. 


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing


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DarthBane55
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Could you do the bulk of it in Mazatrol?  maybe that would reduce your g-codes programs a lot.  Just an idea.

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leo.castellon
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This is easily accomplished by writing a macro, but that means learning how to write macros. There are 2 very good books on the subject, one by Peter Smid Fanuc CNC Custom Macros (Volume 1): Smid, Peter: 9780831131579: Amazon.com: Books and one by S.K. Sinha CNC Programming Using Fanuc Custom Macro B (Mechanical Engineering): Sinha, S.K: 9780071713320: Amaz... or you could take an online class by Mike Lynch FANUC online class | CNC training | CNC Concepts, Inc. (cncci.com) . 

 

LeoC

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