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Probe WCS Tutorial has gone live.

Richard.stubley
Autodesk

Probe WCS Tutorial has gone live.

Richard.stubley
Autodesk
Autodesk

Hi All, 

If you have ever wondered about using your probe to set your work offset, or want to look into using the actions tab to check the size and position of the stock then give this video a watch.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnPwe3ZqwE&t=4s

 

As always feel free to ask any questions. 



Richard Stubley
Product Manager - Fusion Mechanical Design
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silopolis
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Hello Richard,

As asked in the comments of the tutorial, as well as those of the very good webinar (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el0nUMaSjS8) a few days ago, please forgive me asking again here... I have started learning  (WCS) probing features in Fusion 360 a few days ago and one thing I can't possibly find is how to probe my B axis?!

 

I work on a XYZ+BC table VMC, so all setup start with probing C axis to align part with X axis, then B axis to align table perpendicular to the spindle, before probing X/Y/Z. In Fusion 360, option to probe angle relative to X or Y axis is offered when selecting a vertical/side surface to probe C, but nothing's available when selecting an horizontal/top surface to probe angles along X for B (and Y for A, for those concerned) :crying_face: How do people with 5 axis machines probe their WCSs?

 

My reference setup is a DMG Mori DMU50 Eco running Siemens Sinumerik 840D sl. I'm using the built-in Sinumerik cycles.

 

The inspection method for aligning parts showed in the video you pointed (https://youtu.be/y2D1Ct8nMEM) is indeed very interesting, and powerful! But this seems quite a heavy and time consuming process when all I need is a couple of probe touches more at the beginning of my programs to orient my table.

 

Really, A and B axis angles need to be added to supported probing cycles, if they aren't !

 

Thank you again for the educative contents shared on YT, please keep them coming, and thanks in advance for your answer.

 

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