Selexx Post Processor

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Benton Contruction
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Selexx Post Processor

Post by Benton Contruction »

For some reason I am having a hard time getting a post for my machine. Can any one give me direction?

Machine is a 2017 Selexx Fanuc controller 4 x 8 (right to left) Inches

Can someone send me one?

Thanks, Josh

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Send an email to support@vectric.com

They should be able to help.
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I used the "Omnitech_inch_arc" postprocessor, but I had to make a few changes to it. Omnitech is what Anderson used to call the Selexx line. The default version of this postprocessor is set up to use the "ij" format for G2 and G3 arc commands, rather than the "r" version. The ij version specifies the center of the arc and the r version specifies the radius. The ij version didn't work on my machine, so I changed it to the r version. I can't guarantee this will work with your machine, but it works fine on my 2017 Selexx 510 with a Fanuc controller. Here's my edited post-processor. Your results may vary.
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Post by Benton Contruction »

Thank you so much! Would this work even if i custom ordered mt machine right to left, so the th 0,0 is in the back right corner? "Y" is short , "X" is long axis. Do I need to change my table size on this post?

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Pretty sure there is no table size in the post, and I don't see why it wouldn't work with your table configuration. Give it a try. You'll know pretty quickly if it will work, and if it doesn't you'll just get a limit error and the machine will stop.
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Just one more thing. If your xy origin is at the back right (mine is at the back left), then I think when you design your projects you'll need to make sure you're designing to the left of Y. In VCarve Pro, I think you need to set your XY Datum point to the bottom right position (because when you stand on that side of the machine with x0y0 at your right, x to the left and y going away from you, that's how the point will sit relative to the xy axis). If you have already know this, then just ignore me.
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Thank, but didn't work. The machine just stuck in the 0,0 corner and barely moved. I email Vectric.

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I try and drop my Vcarve post into Photo Carve exec. file Post and I get this error code. Can you help?
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Re: Selexx Post Processor

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Benton Contruction wrote:I try and drop my Vcarve post into Photo Carve exec. file Post and I get this error code. Can you help?
PhotoVCarve is a much older program so many of the sections in a modern VCarve post processor it knows nothing about hence the errors. You would need to remove the sections it's not happy about. PhotoVCarve doesn't support ARC commands or tool changing for example.

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