Insight into why Tormach Path Pilot Post has been pulled from Tormach Downloads

[Anonymous]

Hello every,  

Tonight I was helping a friend with Fusion 360 and noticed that there is no longer a Path Pilot Post file on their site.  After searching around Autodesk's site there no PathPilot posts to be found on the site.  

Using the link in the forums and other sources,  http://www.tormach.com/document_direct_download.html?doc_id=925  when attempting to download the file.   I'm planning on contacting Tormach as well.  

Thanks

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Good question it's not on the autodesk CAM post website either.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I emailed Tormach,  I'll share what I learn.

[Anonymous]

I got this reply from Scott Johnson @ Tormach Tech

The post says Mach3 but we have been told by Autodesk that it is the latest post they have. So I would suggest trying it with PathPilot and see what you find.

Scott

I guess it is time to do some testing.  If I get a chance to try it tonight I'll do so,  I'll update anything I find.  

[ricardrinaldo]

I tried the post with my PCNC770 with ATC.

It is not working fully as I want it.

After an operation the z raises up and spindle is still on.
I then have to push "cycle start" again to stop the spindle, make the tool change (atc) and it goes on doing the next operation.

Every time there is a tool change the scenario is the same.

I also tried a post from cnc-zone "Tormach_PathPilot No G30 No M29 Streamlined tool Change.cps" (attached)

This works a little differently, the spindle stops before tool change, still have to press cycle start again but BEWARE...

...after my program was done it plunged straight through the stock. Fortunately I made a dry run with enough z space so

there was no damage done but still....  BEWARE!!!

Not sure why it did that, everything else worked well.
Here is the program created with "Tormach_PathPilot No G30 No M29 Streamlined tool Change.cps"

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(*********************************************************)
(* Tormach Path Pilot Post Processsor Version 0.4 Debug *)
(*********************************************************)
(1)
(TEST TTS HOLDER)
(T2 D=10. CR=0. TAPER=118DEG - ZMIN=-0.3 - CENTER DRILL)
(T3 D=6. CR=0. - ZMIN=-3. - FLAT END MILL)
(T4 D=4. CR=0. TAPER=118DEG - ZMIN=-4. - DRILL)
N10 G90 G54 G64 G50 G17 G40 G80 G94 G91.1 G49
N20 G21 (Metric)
N30 G28 G91 Z0.
N40 G90

(2D CONTOUR1)
N50 T3 G43 H3 M6
N60 S1000 M3 M8
N70 G54
N80 G0 X13.4 Y-7.2
N90 G0 Z15.
N100 G0 Z5.
N110 G1 Z2. F500.
N120 G1 Z-0.4 F384.
N130 G19 G2 Y-7.8 Z-1. R0.6
N140 G1 Y-8.4 F500.
N150 G17 G3 X14. Y-9. R0.6
N160 G1 X56. F1500.
N170 G2 X61. Y-14. R5.
N180 G1 Y-31.
N190 G2 X56. Y-36. R5.
N200 G1 X14.
N210 G2 X9. Y-31. R5.
N220 G1 Y-14.
N230 G2 X14. Y-9. R5.
N240 G3 X14.6 Y-8.4 R0.6 F1152.
N250 G1 Y-7.8
N260 G19 G3 Y-7.2 Z-0.4 R0.6
N270 G1 X13.4
N280 G1 Z-1.4 F384.
N290 G2 Y-7.8 Z-2. R0.6
N300 G1 Y-8.4 F500.
N310 G17 G3 X14. Y-9. R0.6
N320 G1 X56. F1500.
N330 G2 X61. Y-14. R5.
N340 G1 Y-31.
N350 G2 X56. Y-36. R5.
N360 G1 X14.
N370 G2 X9. Y-31. R5.
N380 G1 Y-14.
N390 G2 X14. Y-9. R5.
N400 G3 X14.6 Y-8.4 R0.6 F1152.
N410 G1 Y-7.8
N420 G19 G3 Y-7.2 Z-1.4 R0.6
N430 G1 X13.4
N440 G1 Z-2.4 F384.
N450 G2 Y-7.8 Z-3. R0.6
N460 G1 Y-8.4 F500.
N470 G17 G3 X14. Y-9. R0.6
N480 G1 X56. F1500.
N490 G2 X61. Y-14. R5.
N500 G1 Y-31.
N510 G2 X56. Y-36. R5.
N520 G1 X14.
N530 G2 X9. Y-31. R5.
N540 G1 Y-14.
N550 G2 X14. Y-9. R5.
N560 G3 X14.6 Y-8.4 R0.6 F1152.
N570 G1 Y-7.8
N580 G19 G3 Y-7.2 Z-2.4 R0.6
N590 G0 Z15.
N600 G17

(2D POCKET1)
N610 G0 X46.264 Y-23.
N620 G0 Z15.
N630 G0 Z5.
N640 G1 Z3.1 F500.
N650 G18 G2 X46.843 Z2.5 R0.6 F384.
N660 G1 X47. Z2.495
N670 G1 Y-22. Z2.46
N680 G1 X23. Z1.622
N690 G1 Y-23. Z1.587
N700 G1 X47. Z0.748
N710 G1 Y-22. Z0.714
N720 G1 X23. Z-0.125
N730 G1 Y-23. Z-0.159
N740 G1 X47. Z-0.998
N750 G1 Y-22.93 Z-1.
N760 G1 Y-22. F1500.
N770 G1 X23.
N780 G1 Y-23.
N790 G1 X47.
N800 G1 Y-22.93
N810 G1 Y-22. Z-1.032 F384.
N820 G1 X23. Z-1.871
N830 G1 Y-23. Z-1.905
N840 G1 X25.706 Z-2.
N850 G1 X47. F1500.
N860 G1 Y-22.
N870 G1 X23.
N880 G1 Y-23.
N890 G1 X25.706
N900 G1 X47. Z-2.744 F384.
N910 G1 Y-22. Z-2.779
N920 G1 X40.657 Z-3.
N930 G1 X23. F1500.
N940 G1 Y-23.
N950 G1 X47.
N960 G1 Y-22.
N970 G1 X40.657
N980 G3 X40.057 Z-2.4 R0.6 F1152.
N990 G0 Z15.
N1000 G17
N1010 M5 M9
N1020 G28 G91 Z0.
N1030 G90

(DRILL1)
N1040 M1
N1050 T2 G43 H2 M6
N1060 S1000 M3 M9
N1070 G0 X14. Y-31.
N1080 G0 Z15.
N1100 G0 Z5.
N1110 G98 G81 X14. Y-31. Z-0.3 R5. F333.
N1120 Y-14.
N1130 X56.
N1140 Y-31.
N1150 G80
N1160 G0 Z15.
N1180 M5 M9
N1190 G28 G91 Z0.
N1200 G90

(DRILL2)
N1210 M1
N1220 T4 G43 H4 M6
N1230 S5000 M3 M8
N1240 G0 X56. Y-31.
N1250 G0 Z15.
N1270 G0 Z5.
N1280 G98 G81 X56. Y-31. Z-4. R5. F1000.
N1290 Y-14.
N1300 X14.
N1310 Y-31.
N1320 G80
N1330 G0 Z15.
N1350 M5 M9

N1360 G30
N1370 M30
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[Steinwerks]

Looks like you need a G91 on your G30 line just like the G28.

http://www.mmsonline.com/columns/understanding-g27-g28-g29-and-g30

[ricardrinaldo]

Thanks, I will try another post since I cannot change the one I have.

[Steinwerks]

Why not? Edit and save as a new file. I've got four iterations of custom Haas post and five for our Fadal (one of which is a work in progress and won't post code yet).

[ricardrinaldo]

I couldnt find an editor for OSX! 😞

I got a couple of posts from a friend at tormach user group on fb, will try them! 

[Steinwerks]

You can use any text editor. It's just stored in a .cps file for use by the HSM products like an .ini file is used in Windows.

[ricardrinaldo]

LOL, I read that one needed notepad++ because of some coding java jadda jadda but never tried it in the text editor.

Is there an explanation to all the functions and values somewhere?

Regards

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

I wrote a post about that here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/post-processors/help-my-post-processor-needs-to-be-edited-now-what/td...

The actual .chm file can for now be found here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/general-discussions/attachments-were-lost-in-the-migration/m-p/620452...