chook help

[Duckman]

I need to create a chook that will take a CNC file as input, and modify it following a set of rules.

 

I am a newbie, so can anyone help me get started or point me to manuals/documentation?

 

Thanks,

 

Simon

 

BTW, i am using MasterCAM 9, and Visual C++...should I be using a different program to create the chook to make life easier?

[Zero]

I have V8.1 and if I remember correctly, when you install there is a list of things to install. C-hook development kit is one of them. Has a manual within to referance.

[Duckman]

yes, i have this manual, but it is kinda cheesy, and with my limited background, it is almost impossible to understand...any further help with actual implementation would be greatly appreciated

[Bullines]

The documentation that ships with the C-Hook SDK is pretty much a rehash of all the header files. However, a few of those chapters will help you get started in the way of setting up the MSVC environment and also offer a couple sample C-Hooks with source. The first three chapters will get you started and chapter 23 is the source for the THELIX C-Hook.

[heeler]

What is it that you want the C-Hook to do? Could you maybe just use the reverse post processers if you just want to creat geometry?

[Duckman]

The first part consists of reading a CNC file, and then adding lines to it according to a set of rules