Use this when you click Send to CAM package at the bottom of the Program stage in CAM Assist and Autodesk Fusion shows a warning or an error instead of creating the operations. Find the message below.
When sending works, the CAM Assist window closes and Fusion creates the operations in your setups. See What CAM Assist changes in your Autodesk Fusion document.
"The Fusion document has changed"
The Fusion document has changed, which may impact the quality of the operations output by CAM Assist.
You changed the document after opening CAM Assist. The message lists what changed:
| Change | What happens if you click OK |
|---|---|
| Setups reordered | Operations go into the setups they were made for. |
| Document modified | The bodies in your setups changed. Toolpaths are based on the old geometry and may be wrong. |
| Some target setups are missing; their operations will be skipped. | Operations for deleted setups aren't created. |
Click Cancel to create nothing. Then run CAM Assist again so it works from the current document.
If the message says Document modified, run CAM Assist again rather than clicking OK. Toolpaths for changed geometry can gouge the part or leave material.
The document or setups are no longer there
| Message | Fix |
|---|---|
None of the setups targeted by this program are available. Please run CAM Assist again. |
You deleted every setup the program was for. Recreate the setups, then run CAM Assist again. |
The CAM Assist document is no longer open. Reopen it and run CAM Assist again. |
Reopen the document you started CAM Assist from, then run CAM Assist again. |
Unable to access the document’s machining data. Please run CAM Assist again. |
Run CAM Assist again. |
Fusion couldn't switch to the document
CAM Assist switches to the document you started from, and to the Manufacture workspace, before it creates operations.
| Message | Fix |
|---|---|
Unable to switch to the CAM Assist document. Activate it in Fusion and try sending again. |
Click the document's tab in Fusion, then click Send to CAM package again. |
Unable to switch to Manufacture. Finish any active work in Fusion, switch to Manufacture, and try sending again. |
Finish or cancel the command or sketch you're editing, switch to Manufacture, then send again. |
The CAM Assist window stays open after these messages, so you don't need to run CAM Assist again.
"An error has occurred with the CAM Assist UI"
An error has occurred with the CAM Assist UI.
Fusion couldn't get the program from CAM Assist. If the CAM Assist window is still open, click Send to CAM package again. If it keeps happening, restart CAM Assist.
"An unexpected problem occurred when trying to generate operations"
An unexpected problem occurred when trying to generate operations.
Fusion couldn't create the operations. Run CAM Assist again. If you see a dialog with Send report, tick Upload log file? and Upload STEP file?, then click Send report to send the details to CloudNC.
"An error occurred when updating session tools"
An error occurred when updating session tools with web UI changes.
Tool changes you made in CAM Assist couldn't be written to the document's tool library. Fusion still creates the operations, but some may have no tool. Check each operation's tool before you post.
Operations were created but some look wrong
If CAM Assist couldn't set part of an operation, it says so in the operation's Notes, for example Failed to set cutting parameters or Failed to add hole patches. Check those settings by hand.
If Fusion created no operations at all, see "CloudNC CAM Assist completed but produced no operations" in Autodesk Fusion.
Still not working?
If you've checked all of the above, contact CloudNC support. Include the part file and both log files (cam_assist.log and cloudnc-sdk.log) from:
- Windows:
%APPDATA%\Autodesk\Autodesk Fusion 360\API\AddIns\CAMAssist\logs - Mac:
~/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Autodesk Fusion 360/API/AddIns/CAMAssist/logs