how to edit mplfan to post canned cycles without decimals

[John Williamson]

Hello, I have to edit mplfan for x4 to change the depth of cut on canned cycles to whole numbers instead of decimals.

 

It reads like G71 P1 Q2 U.05 W.002 D.1 F.01

 

IT SHOULD READ G71 P1 Q2 U.05 W.002 D1000 F.01

 

also,

 

I need to make G83 read without a decimal number for Q

 

ex, G83 Z-1. Q1250 F.005 R.1

 

any suggestions?

[MSL]

You need to use a different format statments for Q and D. Also you can make a new one like : FS2 25 0 4 04t . this will give you no decimals with four trailing zeros. sorry I don't have mpfan post to look at.

[Ben Wood]

I am definitely not a post expert but this is what I think you will have to change. Make sure you save a backup of the post before starting.

 

There should be a section of the post that look like this

 

fmt "Q" 2 peck1$ #First peck increment (positive)

 

I think you will have to change the 2 to something else. Look for a section in the post that looks like the following

 

# Format statements - n=nonmodal, l=leading, t=trailing, i=inc, d=delta

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

#Default english/metric position format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

 

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place

fs2 16 0 4 0 4t #No decimal, absolute, 4 trailing

 

Find the format type you want. You may have to create a new one if the correct one is not there. The one in the post by MSL above is probably what you need. Notice the number after fs2. This is the number you what to change the number the other section of the post to. In the example I have it is set to 2 so it would output absolute code with a decimal. I think you would want to use 16.

[MSL]

I am definitely not a post expert but this is what I think you will have to change. Make sure you save a backup of the post before starting.

 

There should be a section of the post that look like this

 

fmt "Q" 2 peck1$ #First peck increment (positive)

 

I think you will have to change the 2 to something else. Look for a section in the post that looks like the following

 

# Format statements - n=nonmodal, l=leading, t=trailing, i=inc, d=delta

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

#Default english/metric position format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

 

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place

fs2 16 0 4 0 4t #No decimal, absolute, 4 trailing

 

Find the format type you want. You may have to create a new one if the correct one is not there. The one in the post by MSL above is probably what you need. Notice the number after fs2. This is the number you what to change the number the other section of the post to. In the example I have it is set to 2 so it would output absolute code with a decimal. I think you would want to use 16.

 

If above section is from Mpfan post you need to use format # 16 which is the last one.

 

fs2 16 0 4 0 4t #No decimal, absolute, 4 trailing <--------------