Create a pause or rest in fusion360 for duty cycle

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Not sure if this works with FireControl but, some were inserting an M01 in their code for pauses… I think Sheetcam allows for this as well… It did work with Mach3…

M06 for beginners

you can also add an M01 below the M05 to pause before the next cut. I believe that will cut first, torch off, go to next cut and pause there until you hit cycle start again to cut the next part. I was doing that at first before i found the sheetcam PAUSE. I would add an M01 after every 5 or so M05’s so it’ll cut a few pieces then pause at the end of the 5th one. example: M05 M05 M05 M05 M05 M01 and so on…

Here’s one more thread to check out----->

Adding Pauses to G Code Files for duty cycle (Solved Slowed down rapids instead of adding pauses)

I had a need to add pauses between cuts to my g code files for a couple of reasons. I wanted to extend consumable life and also to allow my compressor to catch up after several cuts as it is a little undersized. I wanted to add a short pause after each cut to keep the nozzle cool and also a longer pause every 5 cuts to allow the compressor to catch up. I edited the files manually by adding a ‘G4 PXXX’ line after every ‘G0 Z1’ line where xxx is the pause time in seconds. This was ok to start …