I'm stumped....

[MetalFlake]

..on getting my Acramatic post to output incremental W values.

 

Anybody else's input would be very appreciated. It seems that I get only absolute W values. I've been able to get them on every line and thats a step in the right direction.

 

Here's what the W section looks like:

 

#W drill position

if cuttype = one, initht_a = initht + (rotdia / two))

else, initht_a = initht

initht_i = initht - refht

if cuttype = three, initht_a = w

#if absinc = zero, initht_a, !initht_i

#else, initht_i, !initht_a

#'W' is ALWAYS considered to be an INCREMENTAL distance from the

#'R' plane regardless of the Absolute/Incremental (G90/G91) setting!

# Per CINC docs (pg 8-2, 8-6, 8-11)

!initht_i, *initht_a # Output the 'W' word

 

Here's the code:

 

(MSG, DRILL #30 PILOTS 100PL)

: G0 G90 G70

M5 M9

G98 G0 Z23.

G0 G98 Y15. A-24. B0.

T4 M6

G98 G0 A0

M0

(MSG, .1285 [#30] X 1.0 3FLT CARB STUB DRILL )

(MSG, MAX - Z2.)

(MSG, MIN - Z.8934)

G0 G90 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z2. S5000 M13 D1

Z2.

Z1.25

G81 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z-.3266 R1.25 W1.25 F5.76

X1.5141 Y.3929 W1.25

Y1.3584 Z-.3566 W1.25

Y2.3239 W1.25

Y3.2894 W1.25

Y4.2549 W1.25

Y5.3529 W1.25

Y6.1548 W1.25

.

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.

 

Again, many thanks for any help.

 

MF

[crazy^millman]

What happens when you take out the # in this section of the post?

code:

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#if absinc = zero, initht_a, !initht_i

#else, initht_i, !initht_a

---

[Christian Raebild]

Change your line

 

!initht_i, *initht_a # Output the 'W' word

 

to

 

*initht_i, !initht_a # Output the 'W' word

 

Then you should get incremental W output all the time.

[John Summers]

If you add a 'd' to the FS statement associated with W, it means 'delta' format. You'll get an output UNLESS the value is zero.

[John Summers]

If other variables are affected, you might just want to make a new FS for the W variable.

[MetalFlake]

To Christiam Raebild:

 

 

I'm getting W0's on every line when I change to:

 

*initht_i, !initht_a # Output the 'W' word

 

Here's a clip:

 

 

(MSG, DRILL #30 PILOTS 100PL)

: G0 G90 G70

M5 M9

G98 G0 Z23.

G0 G98 Y15. A-24. B0.

T4 M6

G98 G0 A0

M0

(MSG, .1285 [#30] X 1.0 3FLT CARB STUB DRILL )

(MSG, MAX - Z2.)

(MSG, MIN - Z.8934)

G0 G90 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z2. S4000 M13 D1

Z2. M8

Z1.25

G81 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z-.3266 R1.25 W0. F8.

X1.5141 Y.3929 W0.

Y1.3584 Z-.3566 W0.

Y2.3239 W0.

Y3.2894 W0.

Y4.2549 W0.

Y5.3529 W0.

Y6.1548 W0.

Y6.9568 W0.

.

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.

 

 

MF

[MetalFlake]

To John Summers:

 

Could you please give me an example of applying a 'd' to an FS statement. ie: where the 'd' would be inserted.

 

Thank you!!

 

MF

[MetalFlake]

Attn Millman:

 

Here's whta I get when I remove the #'s to get:

 

if absinc = zero, initht_a, !initht_i

else, initht_i, !initht_a

 

 

 

(MSG, DRILL #30 PILOTS 100PL)

: G0 G90 G70

M5 M9

G98 G0 Z23.

G0 G98 Y15. A-24. B0.

T4 M6

G98 G0 A0

M0

(MSG, .1285 [#30] X 1.0 3FLT CARB STUB DRILL )

(MSG, MAX - Z2.)

(MSG, MIN - Z.8934)

G0 G90 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z2. S4000 M13 D1

Z2. M8

Z1.25

G81 X1.3031 Y-.7561 Z-.3266 R1.25 W1.25 W1.25 F8.

X1.5141 Y.3929 W1.25

G80

Y1.3584

Z1.22

G81 X1.5141 Y1.3584 Z-.3266 R1.22 W1.22 W1.22 F8.

Y2.3239 W1.22

Y3.2894 W1.22

Y4.2549 W1.22

Y5.3529 W1.22

Y6.1548 W1.22

.

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Looks like the W's are still absolute and I get two W's in the first g81 line.

 

Hmmmmm.

 

MF

[John Summers]

When I,J,K are incremental, the 'd' format is used. If two successive values of I are the same, it will still be output, but zero values are suppressed.

 

FS 2 1.4d

 

fmt I 2 i

fmt J 2 j

fmt K 2 k

[Christian Raebild]

MetalFlake, your line

 

initht_i = initht - refht

 

sets initht_i to the incremental distance from refht to initht. If that is not the incremental value you need, then change that to

 

initht_i = initht - tosz

 

to get the incremental distance from top of stock (i.e. the top of the hole) to initht.

 

I had assumend that the formula for initht_i was correct in your post.