new to the board, need help with post processor

[david]

Hello, I am new to this board. I currently use Mastercam to program two wire machines(hitachi and mitsubishi). I have an opportunity to learn mastercam for our two okuma milling centers to do 3-d machining. My question is when I post a program with our post processor it doesnt list a description of the tool(dia., offset #, etc.) like my mastercam text book has in it. Can anyone tell me what is missing in the processor file? We are currently using version 7.2, mill level 3.

I hope this question makes sense, if it needs clarification please let me know.

 

Thank you in advance,

David

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david

[Allan Brown]

A "tool table" is used in a post by setting a variable called 'tooltable' to 1:

tooltable : 1

and using a 'pwrtt' postblock. Check out other posts for an example.

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You can also use the 'strtool' variable to pull out tool comments and use them in your code:

n, *t, "M06", "(", *strtool, ")"