Probing not giving probe type dropdown

[PeterBelfanti]

I attempted to use probing for the first time and am having trouble with getting fusion to identify a probing type.  All videos show surface selection followed by a probe type.   

I'm probing between two parallel surfaces for a center point.  I can select one face and get a path to populate.  When I select a second parallel face the probe type switched to unspecified with no options for mid point, and will not preview a probe path. 

I can, probe one face, or an x/y corner but not a mid point between planes.   I think this is a bug.  

running on a Mac pro. 

[LibertyMachine]

There are many flaws with the current probing logic. Are both faces identical? I find that if one face has a hole in it or some cutout or other geometry that changes it's overall area, probing does not work. 

Could you share your file? 

File > Export > Save to local folder. Return to thread and attach the .f3d file in your reply

[davidGLA8P]

There certainly appear to be a lot of limitations with the probing routines, especially where 2 parallel faces are involved.

If you create a model containing just a box primitive, then there's no problem creating an x-wall or y-wall probe across the 2 ends.  Once you've done that, go back to the model environment and add a chamfer to one of the edges joining the faces you just probed.  Go back to the 'Manufacturing' tab and your probe operation is broken.  The tool path won't generate and if you try to edit it, you get exactly the problem described here - no probe operation options.

It looks like the wall and channel operations are limited to working with simple rectangular faces.  More than just a bit simplistic and nowhere near as useful as it should have been.

[seth.madore]

The CAM development team is keenly aware that there are limitations in the Probing functionality. It's something they do want to improve upon, and that just comes down to time and resources.

[Matt.WestSU7H9]

I'm having the same issue with Inventor CAM 2023.  Picking Y wall, that are two different surfaces seems to put the probe where ever it feels like. My goal was to probe Y somewhere in the center of the clamps, more towards the center of the part (in X). Now it's putting it right next to the 123 blocks.  The hollow red arrow shows where I intended for the Y probe to be. If theres a check box that says "use picked point"....it should goto that point. UGH.

[davidGLA8P]

I don't know about Inventor, but for a good long while now Fusion has defaulted to the centre of the surface and then allowed you to drag the toolpath to any location along the surface being probed.  With Fusion, you need to look at the ends of the proposed toolpath.  There'll be a small circle that you can grab with your mouse and then drag the complete toolpath to a more appropriate location.

[Matt.WestSU7H9]

Nope. Inventor doesn't have that feature. I highlighted "Probe Y" in file tree and tried moving cursor all around the probe lines. No probing lines were recognized. All it did was highlight the part or 123 block. I even tried editing the "Probe Y", and holding down shift, ctrl, Alt, Space to see if any options changed. Nothing. When Autodesk said "Were aware of the issue...."  SMH.... Well fix it. I mean comon, this is AutoDesk.... not BobCAD.