Post Process is remembering previous settings which effects machine simulation

[alex_winter]

Hello I am noticing a problem with the post process interface.

When I Post a job with a cascading post(vericut un-edited post), It opens/runs vericut like its suppose too and then I close vericut and I click the machine simulation button in fusion 360 it will still post and open vericut and ALSO open up the machine simulation in fusion 360. (I didn't think you could post code with the machine simulation button but apparently its possible)

now If I turn my cascading post off and post a procedure it just makes an NC File and now I machine simulate on fusion 360 again it will open up vericut and post code and run fusion 360 machine simulation (when its not suppose too open vericut).   Sorry if this is confusing to read/understand.

So currently I am stuck using vericut regardless if I turn cascading post on or off in the post process box.

Has anybody else re-produced this?

I made a quick video below.  I previously had a vericut cascade post turned on and posted/simulated in vericut and then closed it.  Then went to Machine Simulate the part.  I have tryed clearing the cache with no success.

   

[brekmiller · Accepted solution]

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@alex_winter wrote:

I didn't think you could post code with the machine simulation button

Machine Simulation is supposed to, as close as possible, show you a simulation of the output of the post processor.  Machine Simulation always runs the post processor first so that the post processor can calculate all of the necessary machine rotary axis values; which are then used during the simulation.

There was a bug (ticket number CAM-39575) that meant that cascading posts were incorrectly used during Machine Simulation.  That was reported and fixed back in March.  The fix will be in the next Fusion release.

[alex_winter]

Thanks for the update. Glad it will be updated next release.  Sorry if I was a bit blunt on that comment.  I just have never actually posted/seen code with that button before and was intriguing to me.