Creating an NC program

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An NC program arranges operations from a single setup

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or many setups into an NC Program group for selected output.

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An NC program can be used to output code that a machine can read.

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For this video, open the file Turning NC Program.f3d.

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Here, a setup has been provided with a stock and all the toolpaths needed to create this part.

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It is now ready for the NC program to be created.

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In the Browser, click Setup1.

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On the Toolbar, Manufacture workspace, Turning tab, Setup panel,

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expand the Setup drop-down and click Create NC Program.

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A dialog for NC Program 1 displays.

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Here, you must choose the post processor for this NC program.

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In the Settings tab, under Machine and Post, next to Post, click More (…).

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The Post Library dialog displays.

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In the left panel, you have the option to choose a post from a cloud location,

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a local location, a linked location, or from the Fusion 360 library.

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The right panel is open to the Fusion 360 library.

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From the list, choose the HAAS Turning post processor.

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Back in the NC Program dialog, under Post properties,

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you can change the default options for this post.

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For this example, increase the sequence number increment.

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Under Group1, in the Sequence number increment, type “5”,

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and in the Start sequence number field, type “5”.

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Under Program, you can choose the Output Folder to save the NC Program to.

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Open the Operations tab.

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In the left panel, there is a selection tree for all the operations in Setup1.

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Here, you can choose which operations you want to post.

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You can choose to post the entire setup, or to post individual operations within the setup.

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In the right panel, in the Tool column, you can see the tool numbers,

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and, in the Work Offset column, you can see the work offsets for each tool in the operation.

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Click Post.

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A warning displays, asking if you want to overwrite the current NC Program.

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Click Yes.

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A message appears in the canvas, indicating that the NC code

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was successfully posted and displaying its file location.

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If you want to view the code, on the message, click the link to View NC Code.

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If you have an application like Microsoft Visual Studio Code downloaded,

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it now opens and displays the NC Code.

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In this example, you can see how the code reflects your adjustments by starting with

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Now the code is ready to load into the machine.