Output overall tool gage length from mastercam.

[thatonegii]

I am trying to output the overall gage length, tool stickout plus holder length, with a subprogram call to verify the machine configuration matches what we programmed to. I cobbled together something that produces the results I am after and doesn't seem to cause any problems but I am unsure if I am following best practices or have implemented something that may cause issues downstream with the posts.

I added the following lines after the toolcall

      if not(force_tlchg$ & opcode$ = 15), ptoolcall
      else, pbld, pn, pzhome, pe
      sparameter$ = opinfo(20007, 0)
      oa_leng = rparsngl(sparameter$, 12)
      sparameter$ = opinfo(20007, 0)
      hldr_leng = rparsngl(sparameter$, 13)
      [tlo_val = hldr_leng + oa_leng]
      pfbld, pn, "G65 P7001", *tlo_val, pe

 

This gives me the following output:

N8 (OPERATION NO - 7)
N9 T1 M06 (1/2" SKI CARB GAR-85500)
/N10 G65 P7001 E5.437

I've posted a few programs and ran them through vericut with no issues, these changes don't seem to have an effect on anything else downstream with the programs. Am I okay with implementing it this way?