Fusion 360
The Carvera Community Fusion 360 profiles can be downloaded from here.
The Community developed version of the post-processor has a number of benefits and fixes above and beyond the Makera software:
Separate profiles for the Carvera Air and Original Carvera
Support for the Fusion 360 machine simulation functionality
Ability to pass through Gcode directly into the nc files as an operation
Ability to run machine specific macros such as turning vacuum/lights on/off using Action commands
Allows the definition of tools numbered >6
Installation
Post-Processor
How to use Action Commands
Add a Manual NC operation
Add a Manual NC operations via Setup->Manual NC
Set Manual NC type to Action
Input the Action command to perform
For example ShrinkA
Available Action Commands
The following ACTION commands are supported by this post:
RapidA:# - rapids the a axis to degree position
SaferA:# - Moves the z axis up to its clearance position then moves the a axis
SafeZ - Go to a safe z height (same height as the clearance position)
SpindleOff - turns the spindle off
Clearance - goes to carvea clearance position
ClearAutoLevel - clears the auto level data from the machine
ResetFeedOverride - resets the spindle override value to 100%
FeedOverride:# - sets the feed override to a given percent. Useful for vetting new programs as well as speeding up an entire set of operations quickly
AirOn -T urns the compressed air on
AirOff - Turns the compressed air off
VacOn - Turns on the vacuum
VacOff - Turns off the vacuum
AutoVacOn - turns on auto vacuum
AutoVacOff - turns off auto vacuum
LightOn - turns on the light
LightOff - turns off the light
ShrinkA - Shrinks the A axis with offset 0, so A365 will turn into A5
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