Spindle parameter in tool definition

[toolmaker]

Hi All -- just got back into FreeCAD and the Path Workbench after not using it for a few years. The developers have made fantastic progress -- I'm really impressed and excited to use it more!

Here's a quick question -- In the tool editor dialog, what are the units of the Spindle parameter (which I have set to 100000.00)? Should that be in RPM? The G-Code which is produced yields a spindle speed of S3937.0079 RPM -- which is my entered value divided by 25.4. Is there perhaps a bug in the metric to imperial conversion so that it is converting RPM when it should not?

Thanks!
-Bill

[sliptonic]

The units should be RPM and it's a straight pass through float value in the linuxcnc post processor. It might be manipulated in another post. Which one are you using?

[toolmaker]

I'm using the linuxcnc postprocessor with the "--inches" argument. It looks like it might not handle an 'S' command any differently than anything else so maybe it's converting RPM when it should not?

This might be the relevant code section?

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            # Now add the remaining parameters in order
            for param in params:
                if param in c.Parameters:
                    if param == 'F':
                        if c.Name not in ["G0", "G00"]: #linuxcnc doesn't use rapid speeds
                            speed = Units.Quantity(c.Parameters['F'], FreeCAD.Units.Velocity)
                            outstring.append(
                                param + format(float(speed.getValueAs(UNIT_SPEED_FORMAT)), precision_string) )
                    elif param == 'T':
                        outstring.append(param + str(int(c.Parameters['T'])))
                    else:
                        pos = Units.Quantity(c.Parameters[param], FreeCAD.Units.Length)
                        outstring.append(
                            param + format(float(pos.getValueAs(UNIT_FORMAT)), precision_string) )
                            #param + format(c.Parameters[param], precision_string))

I haven't looked at it very closely, but perhaps it needs:

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                    elif param == 'T':
                        outstring.append(param + str(int(c.Parameters['T'])))
                    elif param == 'S':
                        outstring.append(param + str(int(c.Parameters['S'])))
                    else:

Thanks!
-Bill

[sliptonic]

Can you put your freecad info here? I think you might be running an old version.

It looks like that exact code is in the current post processor

https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/blob ... #L320-L321

[toolmaker]

I'm subscribed to daily but maybe I don't have the latest... ?

OS: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.12920 (Git)
Build type: None
Branch: master
Hash: 8faa9f38bb70a598afc2bc39ea1645d416ab057e
Python version: 2.7.12
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.1.0
Locale: English/UnitedStates (en_US)

[sliptonic]

Looks like you're very current and that code has been in the post for quite a while. Perhaps you're using a local, modified copy of the linuxcnc post.

[toolmaker]

Some sort of upgrade problem... Apt is pulling down:

freecad-daily_0.17~alpha1+git201801022222~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb

That seems to be the most recent built package in the repo and seems to contain the old linuxcnc post?

Thanks for the help!
-Bill