5/21/2023 0 Comments Contour shuttle fusion 360![]() ![]() If it is turned off the tool will simply crash into the work piece without cutting. There is a slide switch on the side of the spindle that should be left on at all times. ![]() Power to the spindle is controlled via LinuxCNC during operation It will spin up once you start running the G-Code. It is a good idea to set the spindle speed whilst the spindle is stopped to minimize the operator reaching over the moving machine. Its speed is manually controlled via the black dial on the top. The Y axis is also fitted with two stops, the second of which was designed and added by the hackspace to help in keeping the Y axis homing square to the X axis The machine is quite unique in having a dual Y axis stepper setup however, this does require that the start-up procedure for homeing is carefully followed.ĭue to the gantry Y axis having a dual stepper drive the mill is using a development version of LinuxCNC 2.8, which can currently can cause some issue on start up. Slightly older video about Gmoccapy but might be useful to familiarize yourself: Y Axis You can use any CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture) package you like to create G-Code at home or on the computers in the Blue Room. There is a dedicated computer hooked up to the machine for this purpose. LinuxCNC, with the Gmoccapy interface, is the control software that we use to drive the tool. But this depends on what tool path you are trying to use.115mm (150mm Z Travel but only unto 90mm Y overhang) If those edges share any end points (like with a triangle) the path will try to join them, which is I don't think what you want. For selecting single edges as self contained paths you can hold down (or the MAC equivalent) and just click on them. I think there are actually two separate issues here. Is there any easier way to select / deselect parts of a contour? Why I cannot just select/deselect edges with the command key (on Mac) like I select/deselect edges in a sketch?Īlso the green plus sign on the HUD is confusing! First I thought the green plus is to add additional edges but it is not - it is 'confirm current selection'. (the triangle is just my 1st test, in my later drawing I have around 24 edges and then it becomes very annoying to get each edge or parts of contour selected to get a separated toolpath) Now I wanted to create 3 toolpaths but the selection of single edges is really annoying - how can I do that? During my 4mm lead in the knife rotates to the correct angle. To get the sharp corners the drag knife shoud move over the end of an edge then start the next edge at the other angle. I need 3 separated paths becuase I want to cut the triange with my drag knife. I have a simple triangle but need to cut all of the 3 edges separately. I know this thread is some older but I have now same problem :-(. Or if you hold down ALT it goes into *open* mode where you select single entities and you can build multiple entity open chains by selecting the first and last entities (or all entities consecutively). For example: maybe it defaults to selecting closed chains as it does now. Some sort of keyboard modifier for chaining would be very cool. I guess since it's in Fusion I need to invite you (or something)? If, however, it is 16 discreet edges on a single body, where doing a closed loop is equally likely I am afraid that currently the workflow is rather convoluted, and we do in fact have an improvement for this scenario on the drawing board - specifically so that if you hold ALT while clicking an edge, it will start with the shortest instead of the longest possible chain. The auto chaining is really supposed to be rather clever and select the most likely chain on the first click. ![]() It would be great if you could share this example with us, as there is the chance that it's just a bug. ![]() The closed contour selection seems to be ok though (so far). First click does a closed contour, second click on another edge makes it an open contour where the first selected edge is the start and the second selected edge is the end. Or better yet, do away with the open/closed button completely and do it like Solidworks/HSMWorks does. THEN, you confirm after you've selected everything. There needs to be a way to lock the open/closed button so that you can keep selecting edges until you're done. Having to confirm the selected chain each time is what kills it. Two clicks to turn off tangent and Z level propagation, then 16 clicks for the 16 edges. In Solidworks it would take 18 clicks to do the same thing. Unless you literally have 16 separate edges. Click your first edge, select open contour (the U shape), then select your ending edge. ![]()
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