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if i leave the m6atc macro empty it works fine for me.
thank you dave for your help.
michael

yes i know that g53 is machine coordinates and i checked before that z0 is at the top of z travel and if the z axis moves downwards the z value gets negative. so z -50 should be 50mm below the end of z travel. but the axis goes further up. in fusion 360 you have good possibilities to move the tools ...

hi dave, i was reading a little bit about macros and was trying out the following macro: Code "G53 G0 Z -50" While IsMoving() Wend msgbox "M6ATC was called." exit sub at a toolchange the z axis moves up but further then z-50, it does not stop and nearly killed my end switch. afte...

hello dave, i am running millturn successfully with a 7 tool gang block and i love it. now i want to automate the tool change for gcode programms i tested before. in the manual you write that you have to change the m6atc script. i am not familiar with macro programming but i guess in case of a tool ...

hello dave, thanks for your help. if the millturn option works fine, i think it is a very good thing to have, since fusion360 is free for hobbyists and startup and has a lathe cam module, it is a comination that could turn your mill into a cnc lathe for 100$. thats great! and your way of handling th...

hi dave,

i hope you had a nice vacation. did you have a chance to look at the problems i wrote in my last post?

thanks,
michael

good morning, i am in the process of setting up a gang block in millturn and i have many issues. i am using the latest mach3 and the latest msm on windows xp. mill has the same coordinate system as yours, in general config the two offset things are switched off. 1. probing: after loading my probe to...

thanks dave, i was trying out more using the generic mach3 post which i did not change and msm accepted that one. there it used the radius instead of i and j.

after more playing arround it seems to work now. the g17 and g18 are lead in ramps, so it is correct with their planes.

michael

hello, i just switched to fusion 360 and after long checking i found out that msm seems to not support the following line in the gcode: G18 G3 X134.732 Z0. I-2.5 K0. in the standard screen and other screens it works. is there something i could do about it? attached is the whole gcode file. thanks, m...

so i tried out the m1706 without z move and it seems to work fine. i did 2 parts with 3 tool changes, and so far all went smooth.

thanks for your support dave,
michael