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selecting a tool

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selecting a tool

Anonymous
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I am trying to set up the 2D Face mill step tgo mill the faces of the workpiece.  I was planning to use a .5 inch dia., 2 inch long 4 flute flat endmill.  But when I select tool and try to give these dimensions to an endmill, everything behaves correctly, but the tool shows up after OK as #1 - O0.2031" flat.  What am I doing wrong.

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jeff.walters
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Can you export the file as an .f3d and post it here or email it to cam.support@autodesk.com?  I'm not getting the same thing on my part.

Jeff Walters
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Here's the f3D file.

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jeff.walters
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clayton

I have tried it and do see a strange looking tool but once I set it as you said it stays. I have tried it on 2 pcs and a MAC. Has this happened again?

Jeff Walters
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Anonymous
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What do you mean "strange looking tool"?  I just get a hang.  Repeatedly.

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jeff.walters
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the cutting diameter is smaller than the shank diameter and an odd decimal number. 

Jeff Walters
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Anonymous
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thanks.  Unfortunately the only PC that I have that runsFusion without hanging is in the shop.

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Anonymous
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I am trying to select a 1/2" diameter flat end mill, and when I do, I get an error: "Error: Internal CAM kernel error. Please report through your support channel."

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Anonymous
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How do I change these?  I see a tool library, but nothing in it matches my 1/4" shank, 1/2" diameter, 2" long, 4 flute end mill.

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Anonymous
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att's odd because I am using tools from your libraries.  See attached screen failining with "no toolpath" complaints.  What am I doing wrong?

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jeff.walters
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@Anonymous wrote:

I am trying to select a 1/2" diameter flat end mill, and when I do, I get an error: "Error: Internal CAM kernel error. Please report through your support channel."

The first problem I see is that you don’t have a model select in your setup. The next is that your geometry is showing something select but I don’t see it on the part. Could the edges you selected have been removed from the part?   

 

Once I selected the model and new geometry the Adaptive operation generated.


 

Jeff Walters
Senior Support Engineer, CAM
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Thank you.  I was able to generate gCode.  I am now on to my next problem.  The Sherline post processor produces gCode that specified a tool not inh the EMC library, so I added it, and yet the simulator refuses to run ith it.  On the LinuxCNC forum, another user said that I should use the generic EMC postprocessor.  When I tried that I received the attached error log.

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I specified Generic EMC for post processor and received this error log:

 

Information: Configuration: Generic Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)
Information: Vendor: Autodesk, Inc.
Information: Posting intermediate data to 'C:\Users\clayton\Desktop\vhalgen.ngc'
Information: Total number of warnings: 1
Error: Failed to post intermediate NC data.
Code page changed to '1252  (ANSI - Latin I)'
Start time: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:26:31 AM
Code page changed to '20127 (US-ASCII)'
Post processor engine: 4.2.1 39126
Configuration path: C:\Users\clayton\AppData\Local\Autodesk\webdeploy\production\76be329ccfa969e6cd7c65a58d520471a18c0052\Applications\CAM360\Data\Posts\emc.cps
Include paths: C:\Users\clayton\AppData\Local\Autodesk\webdeploy\production\76be329ccfa969e6cd7c65a58d520471a18c0052\Applications\CAM360\Data\Posts
Configuration modification date: Friday, May 29, 2015 3:44:06 PM
Output path: C:\Users\clayton\Desktop\vhalgen.ngc
Checksum of intermediate NC data: d4121ca196ddf75121e849c672b3ec26
Checksum of configuration: 165e192f1bd9c593ed219c71a7a0484d
Vendor url: http://www.autodesk.com
Legal: Copyright (C) 2012-2014 by Autodesk, Inc.
Generated by: Fusion 360 CAM 2.0.1517
Warning: Work offset has not been specified. Using G54 as WCS.
Error: Tool orientation is not supported.
Error: Failed to invoke function 'onSection'.
Error: Failed to invoke 'onSection' in the post configuration.
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:26:31 AM
Post processing failed.

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jeff.walters
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@Anonymous wrote:

I specified Generic EMC for post processor and received this error log:

 


Warning: Work offset has not been specified. Using G54 as WCS.
Error: Tool orientation is not supported.
Error: Failed to invoke function 'onSection'.
Error: Failed to invoke 'onSection' in the post configuration.
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 2:26:31 AM
Post processing failed.

This is normally cause by not working on the setup XY plane and using a non-rotary post processer. Do you have an operation that is using Tool Orientation?

 

Tool Oren.png

 

Jeff Walters
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Anonymous
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Not  to my knowledge am I using a Tool Orientation.  Where would this be appearing?

 

What is a non-rotary postprocessor?

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Anonymous
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When I run simulate, I see my end mill coming in from the side on one face, where all the other mills are coming from Z.

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jeff.walters
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than thats the operation that is causing the error.

Jeff Walters
Senior Support Engineer, CAM
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Anonymous
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If you look at http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/forum/38-general-linuxcnc-questions/29441-tool-question?st... and look at NitroCH3No2's response of

22 Jul 2015 00:24, he seems to have identified the cause of the hang.

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