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How can I change the place where my G-Code is on my build-plate?

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Anonymous
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How can I change the place where my G-Code is on my build-plate?

Hi, I am quite new to the cam section of Fusion and have had some problems with getting my cnc to work they way I want to. It`s probably a bisc thing, but I am not very good at G-Codes or Gbrl. SO the problem I have is that when I generate a gcode for my cnc in Fusion and then import it to my "slicer" (the program that makes your cnc run. I don`t know the right name for it) the gcode gets always put on the zero-position of my cnc-wasteboard. It`s also floating in midair. SO when I try to run the gcode I get an error saying the gcode exceeds the build limits. SO how can I change the position of my g-code. Can`t I move the g-code becasue of my "slicer" or ist it something I can change in Fusion. 

Hope someone can help me.

Thanks!

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seth.madore
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Your "slicer" (the thing that makes the machine run) is called the "Control". Do you have the ability to set where your 0,0 position is on your control?

 

To correctly set it up in Fusion, you want to establish your WCS at the same point that your machine considers to be 0,0. We do that by selecting the "Select Z and X axis", defining the orientation accordingly, and then choosing where the origin is placed.


Seth Madore
Customer Advocacy Manager - Manufacturing
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Anonymous
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Thanks for the quick reply. I don`t think I can set up where my machine thinks the 0,0 position is, but in Fusion I`ve set up the origin in the setup and the model is the right way round  on the buildplate. It`s just like floating in mid-air. Because of my control I can`t really see if it is in the build limits or what exactly is happening. I think the origins line up in the x and y directions, but it might just look like that. Isn`t there any other ways in Fusion making the gcode so the model is in the middle or so? I`ll attach a couple of screenshots  of how my control looks like when I insert the gcode.

Thanks

 

(I have to put one here, otherwise the website complains)

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