support for Fusion360 turning

[Skyler1440]

When I try to post a turning program from Fusion360 with the buildbotics post it says turning is not supported.

[DougCoffland]

That is correct. We do not support turning operations. Can you describe the cut that you are attempting to make? Doug

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On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 12:57 PM Skyler1440 ***@***.***> wrote: When I try to post a turning program from Fusion360 with the buildbotics post it says turning is not supported. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACBFKW2DQE3FEMP36DP6AUTSOBVDPANCNFSM4TJHJ4DA> .

[Skyler1440]

Got it, I'm just trying to face then turn a cyclinder for a test program. What would the problem with turning operations from fusion be?

Thanks

[DougCoffland]

Are you turning the cylinder with a stepper motor or are you turning with some other motor that is not controlled by the BB Controller? I'm not sure what the problem is from fusion, but it might be that Fusion expects the Controller to automatically adjust the turning speed as the cutting surface moves in and out from the center of rotation. This would be done to keep the feed rate at the cutting surface constant. It may be possible to modify the post processor to make this happen. Our post processor simply punts on this issue. Doug

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On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:21 PM Skyler1440 ***@***.***> wrote: Got it, I'm just trying to face then turn a cyclinder for a test program. What would the problem with turning operations from fusion be? Thanks — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACBFKW4FUWLYPG5IFSVHWPTSOB66JANCNFSM4TJHJ4DA> .

[Skyler1440]

I have two stepper motors used for the lathe. Currently I haven't yet connected the spindle motor to the BB Controller, just the stock manual speed adjustment. Right, that feature can be turned off in Fusion if that causes problems with the controller. I would probably need to do some research before modifying the post processor. Do you think the LinuxCNC turn post processor might work?

[DougCoffland]

It would be a good place to start. You could cut and pace that part of the code into the BB post. Doug

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On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 2:40 PM Skyler1440 ***@***.***> wrote: I have two stepper motors used for the lathe. Currently I haven't yet connected the spindle motor to the BB Controller, just the stock manual speed adjustment. Right, that feature can be turned off in Fusion if that causes problems with the controller. I would probably need to do some research before modifying the post processor. Do you think the LinuxCNC turn post processor might work? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACBFKWZWMDTDUQDPSOFXEE3SOCBEDANCNFSM4TJHJ4DA> .