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Does Qcad.Cam incorporate change tool command, I seen the M6 in the Gcode, but it seems to skip over that command and function.

QCAD/CAM typically outputs something like:
Where 1 is the tool number.

For Mach3, you might need something like:
Where G28 moves to the home position. The "1" in T1 and H1 is the tool number. G43 means to apply offsets.

Could you try the above code by editing the G-Code output by QCAD/CAM? If you can confirm this, I will adjust the post processor accordingly, thanks.

You can find some more information about this on youtube at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cM32grBMvo

Thank You that was helpful.

Something I forgot to mention, in order for that to work, you need to go to Mach3. At the top go, Config> General Logic Config>Tool Change and click on "Stop Spindle. Wait for Cycle Start". If it is on "Ignore Tool Change" the function won't work.