Solidcam Post Processor

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Has anyone had any success with SolidCAM and their Xcarve ???
I have used Fusion360 and it works really well, but I don’t have access to the Internet in my shed, and Fusion needs to be online every 2 weeks to stay current.
Going to try SolidCAM through work and see I can get some carve out of that…
I guess there is a Post somewhere that might help … Any one have any ideas ???

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a generic mach3 post processor should work allright

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Thanks heaps man, I shall give it a try .
I tried a few things, but couldn’t get the simulation to work, but I think it was because I was using the wrong post processor… Hopefully anyways.

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i often use this tool as final gcode check:

https://www.cncedit.com/Basicviewer/

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I have tried to get this to work, and still coming up short …
Has anyone had any luck making it work with SolidCAM ???
I can get the Gcode out, but I can’t get it to work with UGS. (I’m using the nightly edition)
It even seems like if I use the code, I can get it to register in the Basic Viewer, but still no joy to action…
I have tried swapping to the Mach3 Post Processor, but I may be doing that wrong as well. hahaha.
Fusion360 works well, but I don;t have access to the web where the machine is currently, hence my need to make this work.

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Can you upload one of the SolidCam post processor files here?

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Hey Larry, yeah I am just using a generic Mach3 file i found from a post somewhere …
I think i need to get a GRBL one from somewhere, but not having much luck right now …
Is there a way I can use the Fuson-Easel version somehow ???

Mach3.gpp (10.8 KB)

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I haven’t quite figured out the Mach3 software yet, but I quite like the UGS stuff … Simple but effective.
(much like me minus the effective part … hahaha)

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I took a quick look at that post processor and I can see why it wouldn’t work for the X-carve. They have chosen a post processor implementation that is different from a lot of other post processors so it is not so easy to change.

I could try to come up with something for you to try, but it would be a shot in the dark and would probably take several iterations to get something that might work.

Without any documentation it would be a bit iffy.