Ok that was easy lol.
So the lines are a light blue versus the dark blue from before. Not sure what that means and why I have to enable the lines on this particular gcode file but the others I don’t. Anyways, I clicked the enable box and turned on the spindle and hit print and it doesn’t move at all.
blerg!!..
Here is the gcode file I created using the post processor. I did mess with the origin and placed it at the very top of the work surface in Fusion 360.
test 73.gcode (453.7 KB)
M0 means it is waiting for you to hit the button on the LCD for the Z probe (If I remember right). Get rid of the z probe and it should work.
Okiedokie! I’ll give that a go! Thanks Ryan!
Where is M0 in the gcode? I can’t find it. I see G0 a few times.
; *** START begin ***
G90
G21
M84 S0
G92 X0 Y0 Z0
; COMMAND_TOOL_MEASURE
M0 Attach ZProbe
G28 Z
G92 Z0.8
G0 Z40 F300
M400
M0 Detach ZProbe
; *** START end ***
I see it now…I was looking at the wrong gcode file. So, I’m assuming ; comments lines out much like / in other languages? Should I only comment out the M0 lines or the whole section of COMMAND_TOOL_MEASURE?
I have not used the fusion PP in a long time but there should be a way to turn it off. If you just comment them out your file will not work. In that snippet above it would immediately drive Z down and not stop since it is looking for a probe.
So I assume you need to turn off Z probing, and disable tool changes (probably by making sure you use the same tool for every path).
I strongly urge you just to use estlcam and you will not need to dig through all of this stuff. I can’t really help because I honestly do not use fusion CAM.
You only need to comment out the M0 lines. Or you can just change ‘Job:Manual Spindle On/Off’ to ‘No’ and it will take care of the problem.
You can safely delete from “command tool measure” to “start end”.
Avoid this by setting “probe on job start” to no.
Make sure to set your tool tip to the same zero you’ve used in the cam setup.
Awesome I will try all of that! Thanks guys!!
I was able to get the gcode to work. I forgot to take a photo of the last job but it wasn’t perfect. Basically wrong but size. I needed to go down to a 1/16 in bit so it wasn’t able to get into a few places.
So I’m getting the hang of Estlcam but I do have question. Say I’m working with a 2mm thick piece of material and I have that mounted to my waste board. What setting or parameter, or if there is one, can i adjust to make sure that I’m cutting all the way through the 2mm piece of stock? Do I just make the cutting depth like 2.1mm or is there an actual setting for this?
No extra setting, just add some to the total depth. It may seem like it should be 0.1mm if you’re cutting 2mm deep and 0.5mm if you’re cutting 5mm deep, but it’s really proportional to the area of the thing you are working on. So if you’re cutting a 2"x2" box, you will have a pretty accurate Z. If you are cutting a big box, you will need more, because the Z won’t be as accurate over the whole area.
I add 0.1 or 0.2. For 6mm I add 0.2, for 4 0.1mm. It did work out until now with the few cuts I made.
Thanks guys! I’ll give that a shot soon.
Hey guys I’m trying to use repetier host on my MacBook. I’m having some issues getting it to send commands to the board. I can not select auto for port. It makes me pick something and I’m not sure what to pick. I can pick MALS, USB modem and a few others and it’ll connect but will not send commands. They remain queued for some reason. I can load gcode and all that but commands won’t send. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!!
Depending on the model of your computer you might need to flash your board with a lower baud rate. I should have a blurb about this on the firmware or repetier host page.
Ok cool. I’ll check it out. Thanks!!
I’m still having problems. What’s weird is that I can click connect and it’ll connect even without the usb plugged in. Weird.
I also spun up a Windows 10 VM and cannot get that to connect either.
I do have a laptop that does work but I don’t have it with me atm. Figured I’d try to get my MacBook to work since it is super light and portable.
I suppose I could buy the lcd screen and just use an SDcard.