Trouble understanding where to configure machine feed/plunge rates

[dmbLPVJ8]

Hi,

I'm sure this is really simple but a few hours of searching and youtube and I'm still none the wiser !

Basically I want to mill a piece on two sides, so I'm planning to use three holes to index it the stock when I flip it.

The holes are not in the actual piece, but I don't think that's a problem - I added three 3.2mm cylinders to the design and made 3mm holes through them (is that a sensible way to do this in Fusion 360 ?).

All looks OK in design and manufacture:

However when I try to create a new drilling operation I get three warnings and can't generate the toolpath:

Warning: Plunge feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Warning: Entry feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Warning: Exit feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Feature flags: setup-sheet-viewer

Warning: No holes to drill.

I assume they're saying that there's a configuration for the custom machine I'm using (my home-made one :)) where the various feed rates are lower than the ones for the tool I've selected, but I can't find these ! Also, I've set the feed rates on the tool to 1mm/min and still get the warnings, so I'm guessing these machine feed rates are probably zero.

I don't really understand why my milling toolpaths all seem fine though - is there something special about drilling ?

I've attached the f3d file in case it helps.

Cheers,

David

[engineguy · Accepted solution]

@dmbLPVJ8 

You have no values in the Z axis Mc Config, see image below.

If you want to use the Mc Config facility then you must fill it in correctly otherwise it just becomes a nuicance, as you have already found.

There is actually no need to use a Mc Config unless you want all these warnings, most folks in fact don`t use one at all, it has no bearing on the G Code generated !!!

All the real work for getting the right code for your Mc is done by the Post Processor, concentrate on that if you have problems with your code.

You should select the hole faces for your holes as image below, updated file attached with the Mc Config deleted in Setup and it all works fine, don`t try to get too complicated 🙂

[dmbLPVJ8]

Aha ! I get it 🙂 I had updated some of those values but without knowing what I was doing I'd obviously left some others out and the end result was junk ...

Thanks so much, it's funny how I manage to make everything so much more complicated than it needs to be 😂 The machine config is just another set of details to keep in sync so I'll steer clear of that in future as you suggest.

All the best,

David

[engineguy]

@dmbLPVJ8 

David

Yes, best not to overcomplicate things, many, many years ago when I was very young an old Engineer (My Boss) said this to me (Long before the Rock Band) !!!

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[SolidModeling]

Ignoring the issue isn't a solution. This has been unresolves since 2016 !!!

[seth.madore]

@SolidModeling I'm sorry, what exactly are you going on about? This post isn't from 2016, so I'm not sure what exactly you're looking for 🤔

[SolidModeling]

If you define a machine (used in setup) and in doing so then define the max feedrate and rapid feedrate in the kinetics for Z, then when you use a drill function and compile/simulate it using the machine post, you will get error -

Warning: Plunge feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Warning: Entry feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Warning: Exit feedrate is larger than supported for this machine.

Yes this post isn't from 2016, but the issue has been around since then. Obviously very few people use defined machines in their setups.

[glennVXP3H]

I have the same issue - This is more than annoying as it can mask a real problem that requires dealing with. Why is this so hard to resolve?

[a.laasW8M6T]

It sounds like you have you machine definition setup with incorrect numbers.

I have set up quite a number of Machines for simulation and have never come across this problem.

do you have the correct values for your machine here?

[glennVXP3H]

Any value I put in here has no effect on drilling. It does affect milling; however, no matter what values I put in here they do not seem to be used to validate drill cycles (any of them, eg drill, bore, etc)) The solution proposed in this thread is to simply remove the machine definition. Seems to me to remove all checks and this seems a bit reckless.

[a.laasW8M6T]

So you don't actually have the same issue at all.

The issue in this thread is that Fusion was giving a warning that the feeds were too high

whereas you are saying it now ISN'T giving a warning that the drilling feeds are too high.

I can confirm it doesn't warn when the drilling feeds are too high, which I think it should do, but in reality your machine controller will give an error if you program a feed that's too high or a rpm that's too high.

I run most of our machines without a Machine config at all just fine, they aren't really necessary(But are handy) until you get to multi axis machines

This is something that should be looked into however.

[glennVXP3H]

I do get exactly the same error (hence how I found this thread) To be clear what I am saying is that it appears that the values in the machne config are NOT used to validate because no matter what those values are I DO get plunge rate warnings. So my question is really "where is Fusion 360 getting the values it is using to validate the plunge retract rates for drilling" Changing any of the values in both the design and the machine config always results in the warnings being generated. 

[glennVXP3H]

plunge AND retract rates...

[brumster]

Just to confirm, I am getting this too (still).

Machine config has Z feedrates at 200mm/min, my drill feedrate is set to a mere 10 mm/min plunge, 20mm/min retract but I still get persistent warnings....