LIsting tools

[George_Gerhard]

In my programs, whenever there is a tool change a comment is placed describing the tool. What I would like to do is have all the tools listed at the beginning of the program. Any ideas of what I need to do?

 

thank you

George

[crazy^millman]

Look for tool_table in your program and if your post has one then you should be able to use 1 and that should turn it on. If not get the MPMASTER from this website it kicks but when it comes to defitionns in a post and tools and comments are involved.

[George_Gerhard]

Ron

thank you, I am using MPRouter, since all I use the router product. I never saw anything in my post mentioning tool_table

 

thanks

George

[George_Gerhard]

Ron

at the ptlchg there is a word ptoolcomment

ptlchg #Tool change

pcuttype

toolchng = one

pcom_moveb

 

#pbld, n, "M01", e

#pbld, n, *sgabsinc, "M05", "Z0", e

ptoolcomment

 

thanks

George

[Hardmill]

+1 Ron to the mpmaster.

Even if you don't use it, it can show you just

how its done.

 

PEACE

[crazy^millman]

well ptoolcomment is the comment for each tool that you have decribed in the tool libary. The tooltable would problay be under the pwrtt section of your post if you have it if not use MPMASTER as a map to intergrate it into your post. I did this for my 5 axis post I was using and even thought it made no snese on 5 aixs toolpaths it did great on all 3 axis toolpaths. I got this from the MPROUTER post:

code:

---

tooltable   : 1     #  

---

If you have 0 change it to 1 if you have 1 change it to 0 since there si not document to this line in the post I got from the CD thought most time 0 is no and 1 is yes.

 

I persoanlly would use the Mpmaster as a road map to using it in your router post so you can have this very functional and useful tool for your needs.

[Don S at Barefoot CNC South]

George,

Here is what I have done:

code:

---

T00L TABLE AT THE TOP OF PROGRAMS

code:

 

fmt 12 day

fmt 12 year2

 

year2 = year + 2000

 

 

fmt TOOL- 3 tnote # Note format

 

 

 

then . . .

code:

 

pheader # file name

"%"

progno, " (", progname, ")"

"( ", mon, " ", day, " ", year2, ")"

"(PROGRAM NO.", *progno, ")"

"(TOOLS)

 

 

Along with this:

code:

 

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

# Tooltable Output

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

 

pwrtt # Write tool table, scans entire file, null tools are negative

tnote = t

strtool = ucase(strtool)

if t >= 0, "(", tnote, "-", strtool, ")"

if t >= 0, tcnt = tcnt + 1

 

 

 

 

Set the variable tooltable to yes (1) or add to variable if not there to enable the execution of pwrtt.

Here are two lines of code that will help.

code:

 

 

bldnxtool : yes # Build next tool table

 

tooltable : 1 # Read for tool table and pwrtt

 

 

tcnt : 0 # Count the number of tool changes

 

Just to add soemthing to this guys if you want a little more information is over a netwrok you can add this to the post also:

code:

 

"(MC9 FILE - ", smcpath, smcname, smcext, ")", e

"(PROGRAM LOCATION - ", spathnc, snamenc, sextnc, ")", e

 

 

This tells you where on the network the files was placed if doing DNC and also tells you where the MC9 file is also.

 

 

Results:

 

%

O1001 (204014_23300_SM1 )

( Apr 1 2004 )

(PROGRAM NO. O1001 )

(TOOLS)

( TOOL-1 - 5/8" ---GT SPOT DRILL )

( TOOL-2 - 5/16 ---GT DRILL )

( TOOL-3 - 11/32 FULLERTON 30812 BALL EM )

( TOOL-4 - 13/64 ---GT DRILL )

( TOOL-5 - 9/64 ---GT DRILL )

( TOOL-6 - 3/32 FULLERTON 30609 CEM 4-FLUTES )

( TOOL-7 - OSG HYPRO 45 DEG CHAMFER TOOL )

( TOOL-8 - 1/4-20 TAP )

 

 

---

HTH

 

Don S

[Bryan Johnson]

using mprouter.pst that is included on the 9.1 CD, change the following:

 

pwrtt

#if t >= 1, ptoolcomment

 

to this (by removing the "#")

 

pwrtt

if t >= 1, ptoolcomment