Very helpful video. It would not work for me when I got to the point of clicking the cnc file it posted out of Fusion using the special editing post file. I clicked and double clicked the cnc file it created and showed in the custom folder and spent hours trying to get it to work, even installed it on another computer with the same result. What I finally figured out to get it to work was to change the setting for the Autodesk Post Utility that says "Post on CNC Selection" to the checked (on) state. All worked fine after that.There was no mention of that being a required setting change to get it to work as demonstrated in the video. Later I figured out from reading the manual (rather than depending on the video, stupic me) that highlighting the cnc file and pressing ctrl>alt>G keys makes the selected cnc file process if the setting has not been changed as described above. . I should have read the detailed manual rather than just depending on the video. Hope this helps any other frustrated users with the same problem.
I love the " blah blah blah blah" obviously some sort of techno speak. I have to admit, it was about the only part of the narration that I understood. LOL My machines have their own cam software so I don't have to know how to do this. I think perhaps this is a good thing! Never the less I am sure this will assist those who need to go down this path. If I retrofit my lathe, I might even need it myself. In which case I will know which youtuber to ask for help!
Update:After some fumbling around with settings, finding post.exe, and I got the auto line selection to work, then the edits were not so bad. I have now added m7 for mist coolant, and reformatted the start and end of tool calls to my preferred order of mcode. (No more hand edits). Also removed the standard sequence numbers and added a N sequence number before a tool change that matches the T number for Easyer navigation of the program on the machine.
When I try to run the post utility it gives me an error, Running the contributed command: 'extension. startHSMPlugin' failed any idea how to fix this? Or what's causing it?
Thats brilliant ❤ but i get an error whenever i try to export cnc file dump posts without any errors but export to cnc doesn't work and default extension for this export post is .nc not .cnc anybody can help me out with this?😢
@@FrancoCNC yes I live near Chicago and I'm on the Autodesk customer board. This exact same topic came up in our meeting so this was a very timely video.
@@b3nsb3nz That's awesome! By day, I'm a Swiss lathe guy at a med device company. At night, I play with the DIY stuff in my garage. It's funny how the F360 thing seems to span both ends of the spectrum.
Franco yup I’m using that same exact path and I have show hidden files turned on, when I get to the CAM360 folder I only have several folders with no files below them which is where the post.exe file would be, I’m scratching my head on this one
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Very helpful video.
It would not work for me when I got to the point of clicking the cnc file it posted out of Fusion using the special editing post file. I clicked and double clicked the cnc file it created and showed in the custom folder and spent hours trying to get it to work, even installed it on another computer with the same result. What I finally figured out to get it to work was to change the setting for the Autodesk Post Utility that says "Post on CNC Selection" to the checked (on) state. All worked fine after that.There was no mention of that being a required setting change to get it to work as demonstrated in the video. Later I figured out from reading the manual (rather than depending on the video, stupic me) that highlighting the cnc file and pressing ctrl>alt>G keys makes the selected cnc file process if the setting has not been changed as described above. . I should have read the detailed manual rather than just depending on the video.
Hope this helps any other frustrated users with the same problem.
Wow that really simplifies figuring out post processors.
I love the " blah blah blah blah" obviously some sort of techno speak. I have to admit, it was about the only part of the narration that I understood. LOL
My machines have their own cam software so I don't have to know how to do this. I think perhaps this is a good thing!
Never the less I am sure this will assist those who need to go down this path. If I retrofit my lathe, I might even need it myself. In which case I will know which youtuber to ask for help!
Great video! I have been using Visual Studio Code with Fusion 360 for a few weeks and I really got stuck. This video really helped.
Thanks
how you get the link between the post processor and the g code
Great info! I need to actually get back in the shop before I need this, but I'll be referring back to it for sure!! Thanks!! :)
I get an error “cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘document’) and can’t open any files
Very helpful, just what I needed. Thanks.
They just need to get it working on Apple now.
I have the screen up with VSC but it does not interact between the 2
When I click on the G code lines, it wont jump to the post line that controls it. What setting am I missing?
Thank you So much !!! I just able to edit my post for Sinumerick 802s/c LCYC format great help!!!
Awesome. I'm glad I could help.
Awesome! I was so lost when trying to edit my post with notepad. I hope this will help me add mist coolant Mcode to the fanuc post.
Update:After some fumbling around with settings, finding post.exe, and I got the auto line selection to work, then the edits were not so bad. I have now added m7 for mist coolant, and reformatted the start and end of tool calls to my preferred order of mcode. (No more hand edits). Also removed the standard sequence numbers and added a N sequence number before a tool change that matches the T number for Easyer navigation of the program on the machine.
When I try to run the post utility it gives me an error, Running the contributed command: 'extension. startHSMPlugin' failed any idea how to fix this? Or what's causing it?
Thats brilliant ❤ but i get an error whenever i try to export cnc file dump posts without any errors but export to cnc doesn't work and default extension for this export post is .nc not .cnc anybody can help me out with this?😢
This helped me a lot. But I also need to use the N-codes but only on the tool change, can you help me on that? thanks in advance.
jay mejias did you ever get it figured out. Try to do the same. I’m kinda ocd when it comes to the look of my programs
i need post process cps file of siemens 828d basic for fusion360 pls help
Were you at IMTS?
I was. Were you?
@@FrancoCNC yes I live near Chicago and I'm on the Autodesk customer board. This exact same topic came up in our meeting so this was a very timely video.
@@b3nsb3nz I was at the CAB as well. I'm one of the "Swiss Guys"
@@FrancoCNC hilarious... We probably sat across from each other the whole time 😂
@@b3nsb3nz That's awesome! By day, I'm a Swiss lathe guy at a med device company. At night, I play with the DIY stuff in my garage. It's funny how the F360 thing seems to span both ends of the spectrum.
under my CAM360 folder I have no post.exe file, any tips?
As i recall, there may be some hidden folders. Look at the example file path in the instructions. Use that example to navigate to the hidden folders.
Franco yup I’m using that same exact path and I have show hidden files turned on, when I get to the CAM360 folder I only have several folders with no files below them which is where the post.exe file would be, I’m scratching my head on this one
@@Dartmouth_CNC Well, that stinks. If you can post in Fusion, then that exe has to be in there somewhere.
Franco well I figured out why I can’t see the post.exe file, it’s because it’s only reading .cnc files and I can’t change it to read all files
does this work on Mac?
I got the wrong path how do i undo it?
@@cpufixer1 there's a hello document for the extension linked to from the extension page (where you click install) that will tell you how to set that.