Fanuc post for 16i-m control

[nickfletcherEQ6V7]

Hello, please forgive me because I'm not super educated on this topic. so I'm trying to post to my 2 machines, a Roku Roku and a Makino f3. both use Fanuc controls and are 3 axis vertical mills but they used an M198 to call in the program and run subprograms to repeat the operation, we use the machines to cut multiple of the same electrodes. when i load in the program it starts the spindle and then hits somewhere near the G54 and alarms out saying improper g-code, we have the WCS in the same program that calls the program from the data server, so coordinate systems aren't needed in the program i believe.  my question is, do i need a custom post processor to run my program son these machines? i was quoted $4,000 per machine and that seems insane to me. am i able to go in and edit something in it? just not sure what i need to take out as I'm not too comfortable editing a post processor. anything helps at this point I've been searching for anything but nothing comes up. thank you!

[seth.madore]

What CAM software were you using prior to Fusion, and was that able to produce code that would work just fine?

Are you always using the same "main" program and just swapping in sub programs as needed, or are you creating a main and a sub each time?

Can you share an old main/sub program that would work just fine on your machines?

$4k per post?! That seems....high.

[nickfletcherEQ6V7]

Hi Seth, i recently purchased the company from a guy that was retiring. they previously used Catia v5 and they had a post processer written for them from a generated APT file. they would create a program and load it into the machine and go. the company that wrote that post processer said they could only do it if Fusion 360 can generate an APT file, that i wasn't sure if it can. i can get a post that works on here tomorrow. Thanks!