I wanted to know if anyone else posts multiple toolpaths at the same time to use with BitSetter. I wanted to give this a try and examined the g-code but didn’t find any M6 commands between the multiple toolpaths. This makes me concerned that inserting a new tool won’t happen and it will not realize I wanted to change my endmill.
For those of you that do this, is there an M6 between toolpaths? And if so, I’m not sure why I am missing them.
Julien
January 31, 2020, 2:50pm
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As is often the case, using @neilferreri ’s F360 post is the solution
Here’s a F360 CAM post that gives the options to:
Use G28 or not
Use Tools or not (will omit the M6 commands if not)
Return to work zero or not
Just remove the “.zip” from the extension (it’s not actually zipped).
grblFerreri.cps.zip (17.8 KB)
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neilferreri
January 31, 2020, 4:48pm
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There’s a link to a more polished version here:
The tool change is not the issue. It is this line:
G28 G91 Z0
That is telling the machine to go to your Z axis G28 position (which I’m guessing you haven’t set).
The Error 38 is because of the tool number, 603, as the default max value for grbl is 255.
Here’s a link to my post processor.
https://a360.co/2PPwJrT
Gives the option to use G28 (default no), and it gives the option to Use Tools (default yes), along with some other User-Defined options.
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In CNCjs, the M6 will pause the …
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Good to know. Thanks @neilferreri and @Julien for your informational answers!
MarkDGaal
February 11, 2020, 3:09am
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Glad I read this, thus far I’ve been just ASSUMING that it would work by post processing an entire setup, but haven’t had the balls to try.
system
March 1, 2020, 2:38pm
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