Reason Fusion 360 uses WCS 0,1,2,3,4 instead of G54, G55, G56, G57, G8, G59,G54P1?

[vpace91423]

Is there a logical reason Fusion 360 uses 0,1,2,3 as the WCS indicator. I have been programming machines since point to point (40 plus years) and I just don't understand why all the machines I work with say the exact same thing and Fusion 360 says something different in terms of identifying WCS. 

Thanks

[seth.madore]

The reason for this is rather simple; there are machines that use 1, 2, 3, 4 etc, and there are machines that use G54, 55, 56 etc. When the UI was developed, it was considered rather standard to adopt the 1, 2 ,3, 4 method. In fact, Renishaw still uses this in their macros, where 1=54, 2=55 and so on.

However, if one were to use a machine configuration for their preferred machine, in some cases (Haas for example) you're going to see the proper G54, 55, 56 callout

[vpace91423]

Seth,

Have been with fanuc, mitsubishi, doosan's version of fanuc, and haas for a 42 year career. Never have I seen a design, manufacture and post processing engine like Fusion 360. And yes, I use all of it, some expert mode, some novice mode, and some with too little knowledge but anxious to try anyway. With that being said, a simple script at the WCS assignment with a checkbox G54 or 1,2,3 seems like a practical solution. As old as I am, I still put in the number and then scroll down my program when I load it to confirm my finger counting was correct. 

[seth.madore]

Yep, but I'm rather certain it's not going to change. It's a carryover from the HSMWorks interface (not saying that as an excuse, just stating it's origins). As Machine Configurations become more built-out, those are going to fill the role of WCS flexibility:

 (the above was displayed after I selected a Haas machine)

[vpace91423 · Accepted solution]

Understood.