Another plasma component...

Ok

Post the .ini and .hal files that work with your basic motion configuration. Also post the .ini and .hal files you are trying to use with PlasmaC. I have never used the PlasmaC configuration program so I have no idea how it works. I build my configurations by hand. We cannot find your problem without your configuration files.

John

here ijust created it with stepconf

Phill,

I have attached a tab delimited text file with a couple of plasma tools from Fusion 360. I don't really think it is going to be worth the time to create a converter given the minimal amount of useful information in the tool table. Fusion 360 does not have a separate tool table for plasma cutting. Other than a tool number, a kerf width, and cutting speeds in the table, there's nothing plasma related. The majority of the table information is more specific to milling tools. That being said, since there is a tool number that will be sent to the post-processor for each operation, I can still make use of the material table in plasmac. Instead of a converter for the Fusion 360 tool table, what might be more helpful would be a python script that would prompt the user for the tool/material number and the required values and have the script create the correctly formatted text file (instead of just creating it manually in a text editor). I know you're trying to get your machine finished so don't feel like this is a requirement - just a suggestion.

I really appreciate all the work you have already put into plasmac and look forward to using it once I get my machine finished, and a post-processor written, and all the other details worked out.

Steven

docwelch wrote: I have attached a tab delimited text file with a couple of plasma tools from Fusion 360.

It wouldn't be too difficult to create a material file from what you posted. As you said we can get material number, material name, kerf width and cutting speed. We could probably add an onscreen prompt for each tool to input the missing parameters.
Is the format you posted a standard Fusion360 tool table or are there custom additions?
Is tab delimited the standard export format?

It is a standard format. I do not think there is any way to make custom additions.
They also have a JSON output. I don't know what would be easier for you to work with so I have attached a file in that format to this post. I think I added one tool since I sent you the other file.
I like your idea of pulling in the data that is in the file and prompting for the rest of the fields.
I've made some good progress on the post-processor. It seems to be working (as best I can tell without an actual machine to try it on). I've compared the output to some files posted by Rod and all seems well. I want to clean up just a few things and I'll start a thread and post it for others to try. I know you have some sample ngc files in the repository. Do you have any of the drawings you used to create those files or did you just hand code them completely from scratch?

Steven

Attached is the very original wrench, actually I didn't know that I still had it...

All the others are just hand coded.