FUSION 360 Engraving

CAD/CAM Software Tips Fusion 360
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Hello All,
I am very very new to the CNC world though i have been working with AutoCAD for close to 20 yrs. That said i "thought i would be prepared for the onslaught of issues that i have been having. Hahaha… ha… ha…

Any whay, so i have built my first frame, cut a new sled (that i still have yet to use), as well as from scratch draw and cut my first object (pat on back) in Fusion 360.

Now i am trying my hand at engraving.

Dun, DUn,DUN!!!

So i found an image that i liked, spline traced it, exported it as a DXF, then re-imported it, set my bit dims, selected geometry, and had the program create a cut path (with no errors that i can tell). yet when i try to run the post process to generate the g-code it fails, to post that is… i get a file “name.nc.failed” file and i cannot seem to find out what is going on… is there a common problem that would cause this to happen?

anyone that has used the engrave function on Fusion 360 successfully please help…

i was using the “maslowcnc post processor”

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It might have to do with the shape you’re trying to cut. I’ve had NC.failed files because the inside cut radius was tighter than my bit radius and accuracy settings.

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I had that problem with some DXF files converted to SVG then opened in makercam to make the gcode, I reprossed the files and the problem went away. There was something in the file it didn’t like.

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Is there some clue in the failed file? Might help us to track down the origin of the error.

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I will post the error as soon as i get home this evening. i know that it gives an “onOpen” failure.