Custom SDK Tool to Export Mill Tool Information from .mcam files to Excel

[mzachary]

Hello,

I’m trying to use the Mastercam SDK to build a C++ application that allows me to open a mastercam file and run c-hook functions to extract information about the tools used in the mcam file. I have succeeded in building a c-hook that compiles into a DLL file that I can open using the “Run add in” functionality on the Mastercam gui. However, now I want to create an executable that automatically opens a mastercam file and runs the add in without running the actual mastercam application. That way I can write another for-loop that goes through all my mcam files and extract the relevant information I want. Can you do that using the sdk?

I’m new to C++ but have developed applications using Python before. Here’s a psuedocode for what I’m trying to do:

· For “.mcam file” in “.mcam folder”:

           - open individual .mcam file using sdk functionality

           - parse through Cnc::Tool::TlAssemblyCPtr variables of that .mcam file and store specific variables into a separate vector

           - export that data into an excel or csv

This seems like it should be doable with the sdk but I can’t find any examples of creating something outside of an “add-in”

 

Thanks in advance!