I can post when i get home man but honestly it's just the fanuc post from master cam and i disabled the a axis and i delete the tool change code and the m codes after i post it. That did the trick

I got it all figured out

after seeing what you posted, and then messing with the post i have I think i finally have it all figured out except for one thing. everything works except for some reason after I set 0 on my machine and send the file, it retracts the tool like 2 1/2" and then starts initiating the file. I thought maybe it was in the way I set the toolpath up but I verified everything is correct to the way I used to set it all up. So I guess with a little more tweaking I will have this all set up correctly. you guys have any idea why its doing that? probably a stretch but I figured I would ask none the less

I was able to disable the a axis, I cant quite figure out how to disable the tool changer. also it kjeeps telling me that axis is missing from G0 and G28 MPFAN.zip

M5 G91 G28 Z0. G28 X0. Y0. A0. M01 ( UNDEFINED TOOL - 1 DIA. OFF. - 1 LEN. - 1 DIA. - .25 ) T1 M6 G0 G90 G53 X-1. Y.5 A0. S5000 M3 G43 H1 Z.51 G1 Z.23 F50. X1. F350. Y-.5 X-1. Y.5 Z.49 F300. M5 G91 G0 G28 Z0. G28 X0. Y0. A0. M30 % this is what i got back after using a different fanuc post I got from mastercam. However ugcs kicks back errors saying a few lines are unsupported. the high lighted stuff is what it didnt like

right but I dont really understand the answers, thats where im currently stuck

Well hopefully this thread doesnt die and I will here back from you guys soon

thank youfor taking the time to help me with this, sorry for being pretty ignorant on all this lol

ok made the files (backup and and the other), opened mill and made a square with a simple tool path. ran the post and got this back

too be completely honest with you, I'm not 100% sure what that means. Could you educate me slightly?

So I converted my bench top mill to cnc and I got everything working. Heres the issue, I have mastercam 9.1 but cant find the post to make it work with GRBL. I downloaded fusion 360 and that works but I know how to use mastercam 9.1 pretty damn well and not so much the fusion software. I also have many many MANY files already written in mastercam from years ago that I would rather not have to redo in fusion. Does anyone anywhere know where I can find the post to make this work? The re-seller has nothing for me, and master cam corporate couldn't help. Yes I know 9.1 is pretty old, however it still work pretty well for me. Thanks for any help any can offer.

i tried adding the tool path to the design and then saving it and it cut it the same way as before. :/ oh well...

alright well thank you for your help anyways.

mastercam 9.1

Net-hook? Ok then what do I do?

You are correct, I am sending out data I've created in mastercam as a .dxf file for my vinyl cutter to read. I am not putting toolpath on in master cam.

well then darnit! haha thanks for the help guys. hopefully someone knows how to fix this problem.

so is there no way to fix the issue when converting it to a .dxf with the geometry being out of order?

i think you have to change the extension to a .txt

anyone anything?

how do i check and or fix that? is there a way to?

oh I see what your saying. sometimes i import line art from corel but then i go over that with arcs and lines then erase all the splines.

i dont use splines though

how did you fix that?

I remember sending stuff to the plasma cutter or mill and it would do that. It was just really odd