radius to end of arc differs from radius to start error

I need a little help. I'm using Fusion 360 for CAM and the EMC2 post processor profile. I'm getting this error and everything I've found on Fusions forum directs me to the LinuxCNC forum to a post explaining but the details in how to fix it aren't geared towards noobs.

forum.linuxcnc.org/20-g-code/28689-arc-tolerance?start=0

From what I can tell I need to edit the TOLERANCE_INCH line to increase the decimal places. The file that needs to be edited in the interp_internal.cc its supposed to be located in src/emc/rs274ngc/ folder within linuxcnc directory but the only folder in there are configs and nc_files.

The folder listed is part of the source code on github, not as part of your local installation of LinuxCNC.

Looks like the post you've linked to is talking about a patch to be applied to the interp_internal.cc file to allow specifying a new setting called TOLERANCE_INCH in your INI file. As such, you'd need to recompile LinuxCNC from scratch using the patch to implement it.

Have you tried some of the other suggestions usually leveled at this problem, namely getting the Fusion 360 post-processor to generate G-code with more decimal points of accuracy?

Hi curtisa,

Well that makes a little more sense. Whats odd is that from what I could tell, this was supposes to be implemented in 2.7 which is what I'm running.

seb_kuzminsky wrote:

This arc tolerance issue is fixed in the just-released 2.7.0~pre4.

forum.linuxcnc.org/38-general-linuxcnc-q...al-debounce?start=10

Well, anyway, I did increase the tolerance from 0.01 to 0.0001 in fusion which is what I thought was suppose to increase the decimal places. I looked at the program that's having the issues and still only see out to four decimal places. I try and do a little more digging and see if what I'm doing is correct.

The other option I've had success with when I get that error is to output the Gcode in mm rather than inches. Four decimal points in metric offers more resolution than four decimal points in imperial.

But usually every time I get the arc tolerance error I just increase the resolution of the post processor output and it goes away.

There isn't a TOLERANCE_INCH setting in my INI file (2.7.12) to adjust, nor does the documentation mention that setting in the INI file. Of course, it may be there but the docs haven't been updated to reflect it? You could try adding:

TOLERANCE_INCH = 0.01

...under the [RS274NGC] section in your INI file and see if it makes a difference, and/or try playing with different values. LinuxCNC will either spit out an error if it doesn't like seeing that line there or just ignore it if it doesn't understand it.