This is my first cut. I'm using Fusion 360 and OpenBuilds Control and the OpenBuilds Touch Probe. When I start my job the tool cuts straight through my stock to the start of where the actual cutting should begin. As can be seen in the picture below. Is there something specific I need to do in the CAM setup for this not to happen? If you look at the following screenshots you will see the heights that are defined which all look fine to me. My setup has the Stock Point set as follow: Any ideas? Should I be adding GCode manually to lift the cutter? Thanks.
Did you remember to Home prior to running the Job? Fusion Post uses G53 (Machine Coordinate) moves that require homing to set Machine Zero
No Home before I started the job. I will try this tomorrow. So the steps would be to 1. Load the G-Code file in OpenBuilds Control. 2. Home 3. Probe 4. Start Job Does this look right?
Yes, Homing sets Machine coordinates. Probing sets Stock (Work) coordinates. You need both, because all offsets (Work coordinates G54-G59.1, Parking positions G28, G30, etc) are all based off Machine Coordinates - thus Homing being a critical requirement.
What Peter said. But know that you dont have to home before every job. Only at startup or after some errors. Typical day on the machine would be Start Control Connect to Blackbox Home Machine Load program Probe Run Load new program Probe Run Load new program Probe Run Shutdown machine Have a beer
Thanks for the replies. I checked the G-Code for the hello world example and it has this line of code G0 Z7; move to z-safe height On the Hello World example, I can clearly see in the simulation that it lifts the cutter up on this line before moving to the position where it will start cutting. When I run the simulation for my job the cutter never lifts up. It just goes straight.
See docs:blackbox:hello-world [OpenBuilds Documentation] Is not Fusion, so does not use Machine Coordinates (easing the learning curve, OpenBuilds CAM is less intense than Fusion360). That said we still encourage you to Home, to get in the habit for other CAMs that do use Machine Coordinates Simulation does not show Machine Coordinate moves.
