comments in the set up sheet in the wrong place

[Rory]

I added the following:

 

pcomment

if gcode = 1008, "COMMENT = ", scomm, e

 

to the lathe set up sheet .set to output comments.

The problem I am running into now is that the comment is output at the very beginning of the file, before, "CUSTOMIZABLE LATHE SETUP SHEET - LATHE.SET", e. I would like the comment to be placed at each tool change so the operator knows what the tool is supposed to do.

 

It doesnt seem to matter where I put the call out for pcomment or where the actual pcomment is positioned in the post.

 

Does anybody have any ideas on how to proceed?

 

Rory

[Roger Peterson]

Rory, get a post guide cd from your dealer. I beleive it goes into pretty good detail on outputting comments. Use the function "comment" instead of calling the postblock, withoug looking at the post it's tough.

 

good luck,

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

The PCOMMENT postblock is a 'special case'.

You never want to call it directly from another postblock. You use the command variable COMMENT to initiate a call to the PCOMMENT postblock.

Also, you cannot do any boolean formuals in the PCOMMENT postblock. If you need to have any logic testing, you would want to do that this way ->

 

code:

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pcomment # COMMENTS output postblock (pre-defined)

pcomment1 # just call our postblock

 

 

 

pcomment1 # Only output COMMENT if from a 'real' toolchange

if gcode = 1008, "COMMENT = ", scomm, e

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