[devo9er]

Hello, today I was running a few parts on my Tormach 1100 with path pilot and wanted to skip a few operations in my g code. I found where I wanted to start from and kept getting this error when trying to run. I tried selecting many different lines near the part of the file I wanted to start at and kept getting the same error. What does it mean? This is a file I just got done running start to finish moments before. I basically wanted to skip a few hole drilling operations and go straight to milling the outside countour of the part. Every line segment of the contour I selected I would get this error..I managed to work around it but it was annoying and want to know for future

[brianbonedoc]

I get that same error all the time. Using the Fusion 360 post processor. Usually I ignore the warning and the code runs fine. But I haven't really started in the middle of a tool path.

[samco]

If you use 'start from' and you start on an arc (g3,4) you would have to be in the correct location for the start of that arc. (so if there are a bunch of G2,3's in a row - it would be very hard to start unless the tool was exactly at the starting point of the given arc)

[tmarks11]

I am betting the problem is the Z position at the start of the arc. I have ran unto this before when I have edited g-code during operations. If you put a G01 Z height command at the start of the arc that is the same height as the arc Z height, it should solve this.

Essentially, what has happened is the lines of g-code you commented out changed what the z-height of the spindle was when it reached the commanded arc. Now the arc move in XYZ is too large where before with a smaller difference in Z it could make the cut.