No more prototrak machines in library?!

[infoXYA3N]

My shop uses a Proto Trak PMX milling machine and up until today I could find my machine on the machine library tab. But it looks like you guys updates the software for the post processor and now I can no longer find the proto trak machines!?!? I dont know why you changed this but I can no longer post to my machine and its holding up my manufactor. is there a way for me to import the old machine list to my fusion 360?

[fr33l0ad3r]

Post library for Fusion 360
https://cam.autodesk.com/hsmposts
You can add cps file into cloud: navigate Assets > CAMPosts
This will preserve exact post for future use.

When posting NC program pick cloud posts in drop down field at the top of dialogue window.

Best of luck

[hooverwelding]

I think the ProtoTrak post are listed under Southwestern Industries now.

 Carl

[serge.quiblier]

Effectively, if we look online we can find them under the Southwestern Industries.

[plasticsVM3PD]

I have found the southwestern industries post that will work for our Prototrak PMX mill, but what machine in the machine library most closely resembles this machine?

[seth.madore]

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@plasticsVM3PD wrote:

..but what machine in the machine library most closely resembles this machine?

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Which machine do you have, as the PMX is the controller, not the machine (unless I'm misunderstanding what I'm seeing on their website). If it's just a 3 axis machine, you don't "really" need a machine configuration, so you can just proceed without one if you prefer to go that route

[plasticsVM3PD]

Your are correct, the PMX is the controller. It is the LPM machine with 4th axis capability, and I would like to find a suitable machine configuration to load, if possible.

[seth.madore]

As you've found, we don't have any Proto machines in the library. So, you have a couple options;

1) Reach out to your Proto distributor and request a model for the purposes of machine simulation. This may or may not be possible, as most machine manufacturers protect those files quite heavily.

2) Find a comparable machine and use that. Of course, there will likely be some differences, so it's a risk. Your machine is a 30" x 18", and a Haas VF-2 is a 30" x 16", it may be "close enough"