Program number

[Andy]

Does anyone know how to have the program number default to "1" instead of "0" so you don't have to enter a number every time you do a new job?

[Thad]

I've already asked CNC Software and I'm waiting to hear back from them.

 

Thad

[pip]

Is that not set in your post procesor

[CNCGUY]

This is what I have for V9.

 

code:

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       if progno = 0, progno = 1000 

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HTH

[pip]

Same sort of thing in our old posts.

[Andy]

Well, it is not set in my post but I could modify it. In V9 it did not have to be in post.

[Mike Mattera - TFM]

Open the post with your editor

Find the progno$ variable in your post and create a line like this....

 

if progno$ = 0 , progno$ = 1111

 

put this line in right before the...

 

"%"

*progno$, e$

 

This might be in the pheader or psof section of the post. You lines might look a little different, but the basic meaning is the same.

 

Mike Mattera

[Andy]

Thanks Mike,

I know right where that is and can easily do it.

[Ray Culver]

Set it in your machine group on the Tool Settings page. Any operation that gets created in that group from then on will be initialized with that value (or should be!).

 

[Thad]

Ray,

 

We want to set it as a default so we don't have to set in the machine group of every single file that we open.

 

Thad

[Ray Culver]

Oh.

 

The program number entry field was disabled in your Control Definition's default operation's machine group (wow...)

 

If you went in to edit your control definition, selected "Default operations", and then selected the "Tool Settings" from the only machine group at the top of the tree, you would see that the 'Program number' field was grayed out. I just fixed that (it was a bug). It'll be out with MR1. So now (with MR1) you can enter a value in there and then save your defaults and then whenever you create a new machine group (or when you do a File/New) that program # will be set in any new machine groups you create.

[Psychomill]

On that same topic....

 

When I change the program number on the tool setting page, it doesn't change the output of the program number even though it shows the changed number. Shouldn't this become effective at that point? The only way to really change the program number is to go through the "edit common parameters" section and change the program number, then have to regen all the paths. Funny thing is that none of the tool paths show up dirty??

 

This turns into a more complicated problem when you have a bunch of transformed tool operations.

 

[Ray Culver]

Changing the program # (or any of the other settings) on an existing machine group will not update all the operations already under that group. It will only affect new operations created in that group after the change.

 

Yes, you'll have to use the 'edit common parameters' option to updated any existing operations.

 

There are some fields that you can change without having to regenerate the operations - it updates the NCI data directly.

 

Here's a list of values you can change without dirtying the operations:

 

Tool #

Station #

Program #

Sequence #

Sequence increment

Rpm

Coolant

 

(Not for Lathe)

Length offset

Diameter offset

Feed rate

Plunge rate

Retract rate

Home position

NC path

Misc parameters (misc ints & reals)

Tool display

Canned text

Operation comment