Tool orientation not supported

[jerryosul]

Hi,

First time attempting to use the 4th axis. I'm trying to drill a row of holes on a pipe. By itself, this works great however when I try to "add to a new pattern" (circular), I get the "tool orientation not supported" error, post below: It simulates just fine, file is attached.

Can someone please assist?

Thanks.

Information: Configuration: Generic Tormach PathPilot
Information: Vendor: Tormach
Information: Posting intermediate data to 'Z:\CadCam\post\0504.nc'
Information: Total number of warnings: 3
Error: Failed to post process. See below for details.
...
Code page changed to '1252  (ANSI - Latin I)'
Start time: Monday, January 16, 2017 6:15:50 PM
Code page changed to '20127 (US-ASCII)'
Post processor engine: 4.2.1 41279
Configuration path: C:\Downloads\tormach-2017-1-16.cps
Include paths: C:\Downloads
Configuration modification date: Monday, January 16, 2017 5:28:39 PM
Output path: Z:\CadCam\post\0504.nc
Checksum of intermediate NC data: d0c425219ff5914fcbbf10e6e36a9fe5
Checksum of configuration: b831897f0e770fe9e424af9e030e9308
Vendor url: http://www.tormach.com
Legal: Copyright (C) 2012-2016 by Autodesk, Inc.
Generated by: Fusion 360 CAM 2.0.2604
...
Warning: Unsupported coolant setting. Defaulting to FLOOD
Warning: Work offset has not been specified. Using G54 as WCS.
Warning: Unsupported coolant setting. Defaulting to FLOOD
Error: Tool orientation is not supported.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: Failed to invoke function 'onSection'.
Error: Failed to invoke 'onSection' in the post configuration.
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Monday, January 16, 2017 6:15:51 PM
Post processing failed.

[paul.clauss · Accepted solution]

Hi @jerryosul

Thanks for posting! It looks like you did not define the rotary table axis in the post options of the Post Process dialogue box. 

To resolve this issue, you will need to enter the axis around which your rotary table (4th axis) rotates on your machine. From your setup, it looks like you will be rotating around the X-axis, and the code posts properly when you change the rotaryTableAxis property to "X".

Please let me know if you have any questions!

[daniel_lyall]

@jerryosul What post are you useing the one from tormach, the default one in fusion or the one from the post's page. 

[jerryosul]

Ah, man, I didn't see that option, DOH. That did the trick, THANK YOU Paul!!

[jerryosul]

Hi Daniel,

I took Paul's direction and it worked with the generic Tormach post included under generic posts. Thanks again for your help in the other thread, always new stuff to learn.

Jerry

[daniel_lyall]

Cool that post is fine. I forgot that, the post you said about on the other thread, It needed fixed and tested before it can be used, there is a big mistake in it.

It's fixed's but not tested properly. 

The codes you where asking about are in the manual other than the one for useing tormach's mister.