Post help - Need to use variable for D# in comp.

[JParis]

7 minutes ago, riverhunter said:

Bringing this old thread back to life.  My old handle was @dforsythe and i no longer have that email to retrieve it.  so I'm now @riverhunter some 15 years later and am now back on mastercam so I'm trying to duplicate something i did back in 2009.  looks like @Rob @ Target Machinehasnt been around lately so ill ask the rest of the group.

 

the code below works great for getting the code D#517.  my question is how do i do this for  tlngno$ so i can get G43 H#517.  the tlngno$ is buirred in the ptlchg_com so im not sure how to approch it.

 

 

I don't know if your planned usage is similar, if it is, I did this...alll of our H & D 3's are always output #51999

fmt  "D#" 4 maz_doff    #Mazak Pallet Tech Diameter offset number #added 02/10/2020
fmt  "H#" 4 maz_hoff    #Mazak Pallet Tech Height offset number   #added 02/10/2020 

and in the psof section

 maz_doff = 51999  #modified 02/10/2020
 maz_hoff = 51999  #modified 02/10/2020

Then in the tool change section, I dumped the tool length variable and add the one I created

if use_rot_lock & cuttype = zero, prot_lock
      result = force(feed)  # Force output of feed next time it's called for output
      pbld, n$, sg43, maz_hoff, pfzout, pscool, e$

In the pccdia section...

pccdia          #Cutter Compensation
      #Force Dxx#
       if prv_cc_pos$ <> cc_pos$ & cc_pos$, prv_maz_doff = c9k  ##modified 02/10/2020
       sccomp
       if cc_pos$, maz_doff  

[MIL-TFP-41]

On 1/24/2024 at 10:36 AM, riverhunter said:

Bringing this old thread back to life.  My old handle was @dforsythe and i no longer have that email to retrieve it.  so I'm now @riverhunter some 15 years later and am now back on mastercam so I'm trying to duplicate something i did back in 2009.  looks like @Rob @ Target Machinehasnt been around lately so ill ask the rest of the group.

 

the code below works great for getting the code D#517.  my question is how do i do this for  tlngno$ so i can get G43 H#517.  the tlngno$ is buirred in the ptlchg_com so im not sure how to approch it.

 

#pbld, n$, "G43", *tlngno$, pfzout, scoolant, e$
pbld, n$, "G43", "H#517", pfzout, scoolant, e$  This forced it, but throws an exception error.  

 

 

Try this:

pbld, n$, "G43", "H", no_spc$, 35, no_spc$, "517", pfzout, e$

35 is the ascii code for "#". I know newer versions allow the use of the # sign, mine have been updated from versions that did not allow it. It works, so I never bothered changing.

[riverhunter]

Thanks everyone.  I ended up just moving to the IHS IKE post and they have many more switch options to help with common stuff then i was able to add some of the above to get exactly what i wanted with not much work.