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Can No Longer Create a Mill Post

brittf
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Can No Longer Create a Mill Post

brittf
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I can no longer create a mill post. It worked earlier this week. Fusion 360 did an automatic update Friday and now when I post the file name is appended with a .failed. Is there a way to roll back to a version of Fusion 360 that works. I tried a project created with an earlier version of Fusion 360 and the post worked. Help.

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Steinwerks
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What does the .failed file say? It should give the error that's occurring.
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@Steinwerks

 

Thank you for getting back to me and attempting to help.

 

The last line in the .tap file is: !Error: Failed to post data. See log for details.

 

I went to the log and there was nothing there.

 

Here is everything that posted until the failure:

 

(1)

(T2  D=0.25 CR=0. TAPER=120DEG - ZMIN=-0.04 - SPOT DRILL)

G90 G94 G91.1 G40 G49 G17

G20

G28 G91 Z0.

G90

 

(DRILL4)

M5

M9

T2 M6

S5000 M3

G54

 

M9

G28 G91 Z0.

G28 X0. Y0.

M30

!Error: Failed to post data. See log for details.

 

Not sure what I'm doing wrong as I went back to a project I created on October 10, 2016 and the post file was fine. The project that I'm currently working on was created yesterday after Fusion 360 updated itself. I'm working on a Macintosh if that makes any difference. I'm using the Mach3 generic mill post.

 

Thank you.

 

Attached is a screen shot of the log file.

 

 

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Steinwerks
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It looks like the post is expecting input that is not getting from the CAM.

Can you export the file as a .F3D and share it here? If not I can PM you my email address and you can send it directly or invite me to the project.

If none of these options are acceptable you can try posting using dump.cps sms sharing that file here as it may answer the question of what is failing.
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@Steinwerks

 

Once the cloud is back up I'll export as a .f3d file and share it here. Thank you for your assistance.

 

 

Britt

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@Steinwerks

 

Attached is my .f3d file. It is a very simple part with two holes and milled curved portion.

 

Thank you for your assistance.

 

 

Britt

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LibertyMachine
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Using the generic Mach 3 post, it failed for me as well, but the message if gave was: Coolant Mode not Supported (or something to that effect). Looking at your selections, you had "Air" as the coolant option. The Mach post is not setup to use that code, although I'm sure it could be added.

Switching it to "Off" or Flood coolant allowed it to post out without an issue


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@LibertyMachine@Steinwerks

 

Thank you. I switched from air to disabled and the post worked. I can now get back to work on my part.

 

Thank you again very much.

 

 

Britt

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LibertyMachine
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Now, I guess the question is; Did you have "Air" selected prior to this update, and it worked fine then? I don't have an old(er) copy of the Mach post, so I can't confirm or deny it's ability to post that out.

Or is the Air a new function? (fairly certain I've seen it prior to this, but I've no use for that function so...)


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Steinwerks
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Air is certainly not a new function. Many machines have specific air blast codes, and some route that through the tool. I think it'd be more handy though to have a custom coolant option that can be post-specific.
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@LibertyMachine

 

I went back and looked at earlier projects that I did after I got my new mill. In each instance I disabled the coolant. Saturday was the first time I selected air. Since it happened right after the update I attributed the problem to the update not my choice of coolants. I just figured it would work. Since I have to manually turn on the air anyway it doesn't make any difference. Thank you again for the help.

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@Steinwerks

 

Not a problem. I have to manually turn on the air anyway so I'll just disable the coolant in the post. At some point in time I'll install solenoid to have the Mach3 turn on the air. I'll just tie it to an acceptable command for coolant in Mach3. Thank you for your assistance.

 

 

Britt 

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