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Haas Driver

Autodesk Inc.

Haas Driver

Autodesk Inc.

The Haas Driver for Autodesk® Fusion® enables instant on productivity for Fusion users who have Haas Milling Machines fitted with the Haas NGC controller (REL-100.20.000.1200 or later).

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The Autodesk® Haas Driver® for Autodesk® Fusion® enables instant on productivity for Fusion users who have Haas Milling Machines fitted with the Haas NGC controller.

An innovative workflow enables you to automatically search for Haas machines that are connected to your shop network and instantly add them to your Fusion machine library. By reading data directly from each machine, an accurate representation of each machine configuration, settings and optional equipment fitted is created, helping to ensure the NC programs produced from Fusion run correctly on the machine chosen in the Manufacturing setup.

Using the Haas Driver, NC programs can be sent directly to the machine, or they can be stored locally if preferred. Any time an NC Program is sent to a connected machine, the machine settings and configuration is compared to the machine in the Fusion setup, with any changes in the configuration being highlighted to the user. If you use any of the Haas demountable rotary axes on your machines, these are detected automatically, and the Fusion machines can be very quickly updated so you do not need to use different post processors for different machine configurations.

The Haas Driver removes the need to source, manage and maintain different post processors for each machine. Post processors become transparent to the user as they are managed automatically by the Haas Driver which means you always have the latest and most reliable post processor created by Autodesk for the Haas machines.

Details

Operating system

win64-platform-icon

Release date

Sep 5, 2022

Last updated

Mar 17, 2026

Version

1.41.5

Language

English

Compatible with

FSN-icon

FSN

Certifications

Digitally signed

Digitally signed

Capabilities

CAM

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Haas Driver Configuration

Haas Driver creates a file called HAASDriverConfig.json beneath the resources folder of its installation location. You may edit sections of this file to provide useful configuration data.

Typically, you may specify:

  • "network_addresses": The IP addresses of networks (subnets) to search for Haas machines within your IT infrastructure if you have a segmented network
  • "haas_pw": The unencrypted password required to gain access to Haas Control's shared folder. This field will then be encrypted by Haas Driver.
  • "nc_output_folder": The default location where NC files are written on your computer. The folder selection dialog opens at this location.
  • "project_folder": The name of a folder on each Haas control where NC files will be written by Haas Driver. You may need to create this from the Haas control.
  • "driver_enable_netshareHostname": If this is true the Haas control's shared folder will be mounted via its netshareHostname e.g. "HaasCNC1234567". If this is false the Haas control's shared folder will be mounted via its IP Address e.g. "192.168.0.12".  ** Ensure you dismount any shared drives before changing this setting!

Updating to a new version of Haas Driver

Haas Driver maintains your machine and post-processor preferences beneath its installation folder here: HaasDriver/resources/PostPropertyJSONFiles

If you install a new version of Haas Driver to a different location, you should either:

  • Copy the resources/PostPropertyJSONFiles folder and its contents from one location to the other

or

  • Edit and save each of your existing machine's preferences again

Please be aware of the following:

  • Haas Driver requires at least Software Version 100.20.000.1200.
  • When switching between open Fusion documents, close the Haas Driver add-in first and re-open if required in your current document.
  • Only operations that are updated or successfully generated will be post-processed to nc.
  • The expected failure to post-process suppressed tool-paths in a Fusion Setup can cause the Haas Driver to stop responding.
  • We are aware that the Haas Driver buttons "Send" and "Close" may get partially obscured. Increasing the size of the Haas Driver palette may help here.Haas Driver Configuration.

If Haas Driver stops responding for any reason, please stop and restart via the Utilities->Add-Ins dialog.

For support with this app, contact: birmingham.haasconnect@autodesk.com

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