decimal places??????

[jbert]

Could any one out there help me with this? I am posting to a wire mach. The post puts out 5 places and I would like to make it to 4.

I tried to do this thru control def and it did not work.

Thanks......

[Guest]

jbert, i think you have to do this in your post. do a search for number of decimal places in the forum and i think someone gave the answer before.

[jbert]

cool, thanks...

[jbert]

are the wire post files different?

I looked at the past threads and they dont look like the format in my wire post.

[Guest]

jbert, i think part of it is in here,but i am not a post guy so maybe someone here can guide you better.

 

# Format statements - n=nonmodal, l=leading, t=trailing, i=inc, d=delta

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

#Format statements

fs2 1 0.7 0.6 #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.5 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.5 0.4d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

#Common format statements

fs2 4 1 0 1 0 #Integer, not leading

fs2 5 2 0 2 0l #Integer, force two leading

fs2 6 3 0 3 0l #Integer, force three leading

fs2 7 4 0 4 0l #Integer, force four leading

fs2 9 0.1 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 1 place

fs2 10 0.2 0.2 #Decimal, absolute, 2 place

fs2 11 0.3 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 3 place

fs2 12 0.4 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 4 place

fs2 13 0.5 0.5 #Decimal, absolute, 5 place

fs2 14 0.3 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 3 place

fs2 15 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place

fs2 16 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

fs2 17 1 0 1 0l #Integer, force 1 leading

[ToolMan184]

quote:

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but i am not a post guy so maybe someone here can guide you better.

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Most of the POST GURUs have now left the building.

[mike_f]

jbert, you need to find the section of your post that looks like this

code:

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fmt  N  4   n$          #Sequence number

fmt X 2 xabs #X position output

fmt Y 2 yabs #Y position output

fmt Z 2 zabs #Z position output

fmt X 3 xinc #X position output

fmt Y 3 yinc #Y position output

fmt Z 3 zinc #Z position output

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and change the number that follows what you want changed with the correct format statement number.

for instance, when this post outputs an absolute "X" value it uses fs2 2 for its numeric format.

code:

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fs2 1   0.7 0.6     #Decimal, absolute, 7 place, default for initialize (

fs2 2 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 3 0.4 0.3d #Decimal, delta, 4/3 place

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in this case fs2 2 formats "X" outputs as 4 plcae decimals.

 

I'm not a post guy so I hope this is not too confusing.

[jbert]

Yep....Thats it.

Thanks Guys