tklus over on the Shapeoko forums asked:
please vote this up guys so we can get the post team to make the changes to support GRBL v1.1 laser modes.
(and presumably the balance of Grbl 1.1?)
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I was just about to post something on thisā¦uhā¦post (processor). I followed your link, @WillAdams and it turns out that the status was changed to āImplementedā on 3/3. I just downloaded it and am going to have a go. Hereās the page with the dl link for anyone else out there that might be interested:
https://cam.autodesk.com/posts/?p=grbl_laser
I just added a 5.5W Ultraviolet laser to my S3XXL last night, so this is an incredibly timely update.
Update:
So far not so good. Iām having trouble finding an operation that the PP supports. Hereās the output:
Information: Configuration: Generic Grbl Laser
Information: Vendor: grbl
Information: Posting intermediate data to 'D:\CNC\Projects\Laser Tests\Exatron_e_03.ncā
Error: Failed to post process. See below for details.
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Code page changed to '1252 (ANSI - Latin I)'
Start time: Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:41:39 AM
Code page changed to '20127 (US-ASCII)'
Post processor engine: 4.2.1 41279
Configuration path: D:\CNC\Post Processors\grbl_laser_Post_Processor_for_F360.cps
Include paths: D:\CNC\Post Processors
Configuration modification date: Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:08:54 AM
Output path: D:\CNC\Projects\Laser Tests\Exatron_e_03.nc
Checksum of intermediate NC data: 072b89d8ad0afac2e1344681af021d36
Checksum of configuration: 43e96a0a49b71f0dceabd847581136e6
Vendor url: https://github.com/grbl/grbl/wiki
Legal: Copyright Ā© 2012-2017 by Autodesk, Inc.
Generated by: Fusion 360 CAM 2.0.2727
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Error: Milling toolpath is not supported by the post configuration.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error: Failed to invoke āonOpenā in the post configuration.
**Error: **
Error: Failed to execute configuration.
Stop time: Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:41:39 AM
Post processing failed.
Still no luck getting that post to work. Has anyone else had an opportunity to look at it, or maybe know what kind of operation other than a āMilling toolpathā it might expect from F360? Iām trying out the Smoothie Mill/Laser post for the time being, and did get a successful etch, but the files are requiring a bit of cleanup before running them.
Update: I may have answered my own question regarding toolpath types in that I donāt think I have waterjet/laser support enabled in Fusion 360. Iāll report back.