Here was my unedited code from fusion generic fanuc turning type C. All the way to the +Z limit would be best.
So it went all the way through the dry run now, but I need to figure out how to get it to move to a safer location to do tool changes. I'm not sure if that needs to be added or if WinNC will do that. I'm not sure if that's what it means when it says use radius in the post screen of F360. The G0 and G1 work, and it gives me an error on G3 "2641 N25 circle wrong center parameter." "It was N25 G18 G3 X12.6 Z-0.9 K-0.8." I changed K-0.8 to R0.8 and it worked. I changed the g21 to g71, then at g54 it stopped again so I deleted all the g54s. My main problem right now is that I can't import my g-code into the machine from the computer, so I haven't made much progress.Īnyway right now I'm trying to make a very simple part that is just a straight OD and ID turning and then parting, so I typed it in by hand.
Haas (pre-NGC) haas Post processor edit Help 1.You should be able to run the sim/axis/lathe-fanucy config with output from Fusion360 and using the Tormach Slant-Pro post without any modifications to the G-code (and without needing to have an actual lathe connected to the PC) It isn't as simple to work round this as to just use tool numbers 0101, 0202 0303 etc as PathPilot on a lathe uses T with no M6 or G43 to do a tool change and apply offsets.Ī neater alternative is to use the modifications demonstrated in sim/axis/lathe-fanucy demo config which uses a remapped "T" word to behave in a "lathe like" way. Having just done a test-shape the only difficulty is that PathPilot uses the format T0101 to say that it wants tool 01 and offset 01. The Tormach Slant-Pro post processor (naturally) does support lathes, and the slant-pro runs PathPilot which is a slightly-modified LinuxCNC. The emc and linuxcnc post-processors do not support lathe at the moment. I've already got the Autodesk people making me a custom post for the obsolete Fanuc on the EMCO, so I don't want to say sorry I switched to LinuxCNC so make me a new post for that. I'm pretty much married to Fusion360, so I want to know if the G code is in the same format as one of their existing post processors, like Tormach or HAAS or modern Fanuc. I'm still figuring out whether LinuxCNC will work for me or not. Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation. The turret may be a challenge but at least a couple of people have been able to get it going and there is a Boxford ATC component in the HAL library that should serve as a starting point. My conclusion so far is that I can reuse most of the existing electronics while ripping out the control bits and replacing with Mesa hardware. The spindle is controlled by a Lenze 8202-E vector drive and as others have documented it is fitted with an encoder.
), and the stepper drivers take differential input.
The motor used for the axis is a VRDM366/50LHA (
It turns that at some point (my revision is A6P_V01) Emco ditched the 5-phase steppers in favor of 3-phase as can be seen in the electrical documentation ( Please note that while I am generally reasonably technical and comfortable tearing the back panel open and reading documentation, I am not an expert in LinuxCNC nor in motion control in general, so posting here in hopes that others, who know more than I do can help me double check my work before I let the magic smoke out of any of this since after-all as much as I hate the older WinNC software, it is working.
Finally getting back to my PC Turn 55 project as I have been quite busy with a bunch of other things.