I’m trying to do a simple mill-turn test on our PCNC 1100. I’ve got a simple part modelled up in Fusion 360, a cylindrical blank with a 0.5" dia boss for holding in the spindle, and a straight-forward facing and profiling operations in Manufacturing. For the Fusion manufacturing setup I’m using “Turning or Mill-turn”.
When trying to use the Tormach PathPilot post, I’m getting the following error:
Error: Turning toolpath is not supported by the post configuration.
Failed while processing onOpen().
Do I just go ahead and use the Tormach 8L or 15L post instead? Will Pathpilot let me run the resulting nc file on the PCNC 1100? Or do I need to customize the turning post processor to generate code suitable for running on the mill?
Are you utilizing the RapidTurn? If so, I believe there is a specific RapidTurn post that fusion made. They used to have it labeled as generic Tormach Turning post, but I believe Fusion split it into three different posts.
This might not be the best way but it seems to work. Tomorrow I’m going to start looking at the actual tool choice, cutting feeds and speed, etc. At the moment I’m getting a birds nest and a horrible surface finish.
Then on to making a generic fixture plate that can accommodate a number of tools for the specific project I’m working on.
I am not sure how they could integrate the changes without making a whole new post, but I would send your changes to Fusion, regardless. We don’t do any managing of posts on our end, but any feedback is welcome.