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- Oct 12, 2013
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
I'm looking for guidance on editing the HSM (HSMWorks, Inventor CAM, Fusion 360) postprocessor for Mitsubishi Meldas so manual toolchanges actually work. The stock post processor totally ignores the "Manual Tool Change" selection in the tool library, as well as "Force Tool Change" manual NC. Neither adds any lines to the code at all.
I need to call an empty spindle (T100), pause (so I can insert the tool - T100 Hxxx), run the manual tool toolpath, move the Z to the tool change position, stop the spindle, pause again (so I can remove the tool), call a tool change and continue the program.
Like this:
Txx M6
T100
(magazine-fed tool cycle)
T100 M6
Txx
M0
(manual spindle unclamp)
G43 Hxxx
(cycle start)
(manual tool cycle)
Z[TOOL CHANGE POSITION]
M5
M0
(manual spindle unclamp)
(cycle start)
Txx M6
Txx
(and so on...)
Or if you have a better strategy, I'm all ears!
Stock Meldas post: https://cam.autodesk.com/posts/download.php?name=meldas
I need to call an empty spindle (T100), pause (so I can insert the tool - T100 Hxxx), run the manual tool toolpath, move the Z to the tool change position, stop the spindle, pause again (so I can remove the tool), call a tool change and continue the program.
Like this:
Txx M6
T100
(magazine-fed tool cycle)
T100 M6
Txx
M0
(manual spindle unclamp)
G43 Hxxx
(cycle start)
(manual tool cycle)
Z[TOOL CHANGE POSITION]
M5
M0
(manual spindle unclamp)
(cycle start)
Txx M6
Txx
(and so on...)
Or if you have a better strategy, I'm all ears!
Stock Meldas post: https://cam.autodesk.com/posts/download.php?name=meldas