[Sam Harrison]

Hi, I am trying to create a 5 axis machining project. I am creating toolpaths on Fusion360, then loading the .nc file into my machining project on RoboDK. With 3 axis projects the normals are correctly oriented, however with 5 axis or tilt, the imported normals on the path seem to be all over the place.

I have tried to re-orient the TCP but this does not fix the problem as the path normals do not seem to be rotated in any particular direction.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

               

[Jeremy]

Hi Sam,

This is admittedly quite weird.
Could you attach the .rdk file and the fusion file?

I would like to take a look at it.
Jeremy

[Sam Harrison]

Hi Jeremy, thanks for taking a look.

I have attached .rdk and .nc file that I used, I have not been able to upload the fusion .f3d file for some reason, I will attempt to PM or post in a following reply.

Sam


  KR240 1 Statue Test.rdk (Size: 6.52 MB / Downloads: 563)
  cemstat8.nc (Size: 296.9 KB / Downloads: 548)

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Here is the fusion file

  CemStat2 v2.f3d.zip (Size: 22.8 MB / Downloads: 520)

[Jeremy]

Hi Sam, 

This seems to be a non-supported type of .NC file. 
There's a post-processor in Fusion that can output .apt files. I know that RoboDK supports this format coming out of Fusion very well as I tested it myself.

But you don't really need to do so, instead, I recommend you to use our Fusion 360 plugin. 
It will import the CAM program from Fusion to RoboDK automatically. 
Take a look at this link for more details (There are some tutorial videos included in the documentation) :
https://robodk.com/doc/en/Plugin-Fusion3...nFusion360

The result using the plugin:

   

I hope it helps. 
Jeremy

[Sam Harrison]

Hi Sam, 

This seems to be a non-supported type of .NC file. 
There's a post-processor in Fusion that can output .apt files. I know that RoboDK supports this format coming out of Fusion very well as I tested it myself.

But you don't really need to do so, instead, I recommend you to use our Fusion 360 plugin. 
It will import the CAM program from Fusion to RoboDK automatically. 
Take a look at this link for more details (There are some tutorial videos included in the documentation) :
https://robodk.com/doc/en/Plugin-Fusion3...nFusion360

The result using the plugin:



I hope it helps. 
Jeremy

Thanks, thats perfect.

I have used an .apt postprocessor and it worked great.

I am using roboDK on a different computer to fusion360, I will also try fusion360 with plugin on the other computer

Thanks again for the help,

Sam

[Albert]

Hi Sam,
Thank you for your feedback.
I recommend you to use the CAMplete post (it outputs an TAP/APT file).
Albert