I have the same Siemens control on my X7. All my tools in my control have a radius of 0.000 and all of my CAM is set to wear. If a part under cuts, I just change my radius offset in tool wear tab only. Once that job is done, wear gets changed back to 0.000 because a different job may have a different DOC so a different tool pressure. No need to keep going back to fusion that way and re generating the code, writing it to a memory card and inserting into the control. Takes just a few seconds to do it at the mill.
Thanks for the comment. Your method does seem to be the most popular with Syil users. I agree, constantly messing with the Fusion 360 would be a pain. It's better to do at the mill.
Interesting process. I haven't used cutter comp yet, but here's how I think about it (I might be mistaking, please correct me)... I suppose if you have a program that you use a lot "in Control" would allow you not to have to change the G-Code whenever the tool wears out a bit, or you switch to a new cutter, you just update the wear values. If it is a one time program it doesn't really matter much as you have to program it anyway, and you can just use the actual tool dimensions. I have been using "in Computer" only on my small X2 hobby CNC minimill, since it isn't super precise, and I don't run programs more than once, but I'm getting an X7 shortly and will be repeating programs for which I need precision. For that, I plan on using "in Control" so I never have to mess with the program itself once I have it where I like it, just keep up with tool wear on the machine side. "In Control" will also allow you to move your program to a different (same type) machine and not have to change it, as the other machine will use it's own tools compensation. I enjoy your videos, Ciao, Marco.
Thank you for the great comment. For the record, I don't recommend using my method to adjust for wear using F360. I could definitely do a better job explaining myself in these videos. Lol. I went through the process to learn for myself what would happen. A better way to leverage F360 might be to set a negative offset instead and leave the tool in the library at nominal. Personally, I like the In Control post from fusion. I already measure my tools prior to any job and I think my work will be closer to tolerance without needing to set wear. On internal bores however, I think wear will be critical for me. That seems to be the dimension that I miss and the tool has the most deflection.
