Post not opening in Torchmate

[Hondub]

I'm using Sheetcam to output g-code for my Torchmate plasma table. I'm running Torchmate 4 software. I have tried all 4 Torchmate posts and when I open the file in Torchmate there is no g-code. Any ideas why or how to get my parts to work?

[Les Newell]

In SheetCam turn on View->Code editor. Now run the post processor. Do you get any sensible looking code?

[Hondub]

Yes I see the g-code in the code editor but still nothing showing up in Torchmate.

[Les Newell]

Does anything at all show up in the gcode box in the Torchmate software?

[Hondub]

No.

[WyoGreen]

It sounds like your Torchmate 4 software does not like the g-code that the Sheetcam posts are putting out. I don't suppose you have a g-code file that the Torchmate 4 software does like that you can compare to the un-liked g code to see what the difference is? You should be able to open the g-code files with a regular notepad type editor to look at them.

Steve

[Hondub]

Torchmate will turn my .DXF files into g-code when I import. I could compare with a drawing I have to one I have put in Sheetcam. Based off of this though, is Sheetcam just not the program for me?

[djreiswig]

The posts make SheetCam pretty flexible as far as gcode output. If you have a working code file, you should be able to get SheetCam to output similar code with the right post processor.

[Hondub]

I guess I didn't look close enough in the code editor. Sheetcam is not putting out a g-code under any of the Torchmate posts. This is all I get once I run the post processor.

N0010 (Filename: Base.dxf)
N0020 (Post processor: Torchmate plasma.scpost)
N0030 (Date: 08/03/2018)
N0040 G20 (Units: Inches)
N0050 G53 G90 G40 F1
N0060 M05 M30

The part I used is an 8" square with 16 3/4" evenly spaced holes in it. Pretty simple part.

[djreiswig]

Do you have an operation programmed and the proper layer selected? I get code just like that when I forget to add an operation.

[Hondub]

I have done my tool path. Is that what you mean by operation?

[Les Newell]

Do you see the green tool paths in SheetCam? If not you probably don't have a cut operation set up or there is a problem with that operation. If you are new to SheetCam, Arclight Dynamics do a really good video tutorial series on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcJ7QNc ... jY0vAIu14I

[Hondub]

Yes I have a green tool path. I am new and did watch the tutorials before using.

[Les Newell]

It could be a license problem. Could you send me your license serial number. You can find it in Help->about.