exchange tool with mastercam

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Norbert,

 

I found the sample (for method #1) that was supplied to keta.

I do not have a sample for method #2 - right now,

but I can put something together, hopefully by the end of the week.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Norbert,

 

Did you get my email ?

[CNCLaundry]

Roger,

thank you very much for your quick response and the mail.

I tried the sample #1. It compiles, but in Mastercam it crashes at the moment of calling the read_ent(..)-function.

Maybe it's a problem of my Visual Studio 2003.

I read in another thread, that Visual Studio 2005 is recommended. Hope, that my order for VS2005 is quickly fullfilled, so that i can give you a positive feedback.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Norbert,

 

If you are building for X2, you need to use at least VS 2005

(VS 2008 should also work).

[CNCLaundry]

Roger,

 

today i got the VS2005. And, oh wonder, the sample compiled and ran without any error.

Thanks very much to you.

[MarieA]

I know this is a really old post but it addresses what I need to do.  I have SDK 2020 and want to create a CHOOK which I can use to exchange data between a TXT file and a Mastercam database.  Can anyone give some sample code on how to accomplish?

Thanks,

Marie

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Marie,

Send  us details of what you are wanting  to do with Tools, along with your company contact information to -> [email protected]

[MarieA]

Roger,

I sent an email yesterday, 3/26, to [email protected].  Did you receive it?

Thanks.

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

Marie,

Yes, I did and I forwarded it to our Tool Team.

It's my understanding that someone on that Team will be contacting  you.

[Guest]

On 3/25/2020 at 4:48 PM, MarieA said:

  I have SDK 2020 and want to create a CHOOK which I can use to exchange data between a TXT file and a Mastercam database.  Can anyone give some sample code on how to accomplish?

Hi Marie,

I created a sample of the workflow needed to read information from a text file and save it into a user defined struct:

The example is a console application

Main.Cpp

#include <windows.h>
#include <atlstr.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <filesystem>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <clocale>
#include <locale>
#include <vector>


struct EndmillTool
{

	int toolnumber;
	int spindlespeed;
	double feedrate;
	double diameter;
	double length;
	double flutelength;
};
#ifdef UNICODE //Test to see if we're using wchar_ts or not.
typedef std::wstring StringType;
#else
typedef std::string StringType;
#endif
double StringToDouble(StringType input)
{
	CString c_str = input.c_str();
	// Convert a TCHAR string to a LPCSTR
	CT2CA pszConvertedAnsiString(c_str);
	// construct a std::string using the LPCSTR input
	std::string strStd(pszConvertedAnsiString);
	return atof(strStd.c_str()); /*c_str is needed to convert string to const char*/
}
int StringToInt(StringType input)
{
	CString c_str = input.c_str();
	// Convert a TCHAR string to a LPCSTR
	CT2CA pszConvertedAnsiString(c_str);
	// construct a std::string using the LPCSTR input
	std::string strStd(pszConvertedAnsiString);
	return atoi(strStd.c_str()); /*c_str is needed to convert string to const char*/
}

StringType GetExtension(StringType filename)
{
	//store the position of last '.' in the file name
	int position = filename.find_last_of(_T("."));

	//store the characters after the '.' from the file_name string
	StringType result = filename.substr(position + 1);

	//print the result
	return result;
}
StringType GetBaseFilename(StringType filename)
{
	size_t pos = filename.rfind(_T("."));
	if (pos == StringType::npos)  //No extension.
		return filename;

	if (pos == 0)    //. is at the front. Not an extension.
		return filename;

	return filename.substr(0, pos);
}
StringType GetCurrentPath() 
{
#ifdef UNICODE //Test to see if we're using wchar_ts or not.
	wchar_t buffer[MAX_PATH];
#else
	char buffer[MAX_PATH];
#endif
	GetModuleFileName(NULL, buffer, MAX_PATH);
	StringType::size_type pos = StringType(buffer).find_last_of(_T("\\/"));
	return StringType(buffer).substr(0, pos);
}
std::vector<StringType> GetListOfFiles(StringType path)
{
	std::vector<StringType>stringvector;
	WIN32_FIND_DATA fileData;
	memset(&fileData, 0, sizeof(WIN32_FIND_DATA));
	CString string;
	string.Format(_T("%s\\*"),path.c_str());
	HANDLE handle = FindFirstFile(string, &fileData);

	if (handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
		do
		{
			if (_tcscmp(fileData.cFileName, _T(".")) != 0 && // ignore "." and ".."
				_tcscmp(fileData.cFileName, _T("..")) != 0)
			{
				stringvector.push_back(fileData.cFileName);
			}
		} while (FindNextFile(handle, &fileData));

		FindClose(handle);
	}

	return stringvector;
}
bool PathExists(const StringType &s)
{
	struct stat buffer;

	CString c_str = s.c_str();
	// Convert a TCHAR string to a LPCSTR
	CT2CA pszConvertedAnsiString(c_str);
	// construct a std::string using the LPCSTR input
	std::string strStd(pszConvertedAnsiString);
	return (stat(strStd.c_str(), &buffer) == 0);
}
inline bool FileExists(const StringType& name) 
{
	CString c_str = name.c_str();
	// Convert a TCHAR string to a LPCSTR
	CT2CA pszConvertedAnsiString(c_str);
	// construct a std::string using the LPCSTR input
	std::string strStd(pszConvertedAnsiString);
	struct stat buffer;
	return (stat(strStd.c_str(), &buffer) == 0);
}
std::vector<StringType> GetLinesFromFile(StringType filename)
{

	auto count = 0;
	std::vector<StringType> stringvector;
	if (FileExists(filename))
	{
		std::ifstream file(filename);
		std::string str;
		while (std::getline(file, str))
		{
			CString c_str = str.c_str();
			StringType stringtype(c_str);
			stringvector.push_back(stringtype);
			count++;
			// Process str
		}
	}
	return count > 0 ? stringvector : std::vector<StringType>(0);
}



typedef int(*f_funci)();


std::vector<StringType> split(StringType stringToBeSplitted, StringType delimeter)
{
	std::vector<StringType> splittedString;
	int startIndex = 0;
	int  endIndex = 0;
	while ((endIndex = stringToBeSplitted.find(delimeter, startIndex)) < stringToBeSplitted.size())
	{

		StringType val = stringToBeSplitted.substr(startIndex, endIndex - startIndex);
		splittedString.push_back(val);
		startIndex = endIndex + delimeter.size();

	}
	if (startIndex < stringToBeSplitted.size())
	{
		StringType val = stringToBeSplitted.substr(startIndex);
		splittedString.push_back(val);
	}
	return splittedString;

}
int main()
{
	std::vector<EndmillTool> toolvector;
	//get out current working directory
	auto path = GetCurrentPath();
	//get the list of the files in our current working directory
	auto list = GetListOfFiles(path);
	for (auto listitem : list)
	{
	    //get the current files extension
		auto extension = GetExtension(listitem);
		//get the current filename without extension
		auto basefilename = GetBaseFilename(listitem);
		//filter only text files
		StringType targetextension = _T("txt");
		if (extension == targetextension)
		{
			if (basefilename == _T("ToolDefinition"))
			{
				//get a vector of lines from the current file
				auto lines = GetLinesFromFile(listitem);
				if (!lines.empty())
				{
					for (auto line : lines)
					{
						EndmillTool tool;
						auto count = 0;
						//get a vector of each "word" in the current line
						auto splitlines = split(line, _T(" "));
						for (auto splitline : splitlines)
						{
							//use a switch statement to assign values based on the position of the number in the line
							switch (count)
							{
							case 0:
								tool.toolnumber = StringToInt(splitline);
								break;
							case 1:
								tool.spindlespeed = StringToInt(splitline);
								break;
							case 2:
								tool.feedrate = StringToDouble(splitline);
								break;
							case 3:
								tool.diameter = StringToDouble(splitline);
								break;
							case 4:
								tool.length = StringToDouble(splitline);
								break;
							case 5:
								tool.flutelength = StringToDouble(splitline);
								break;


							}
							//CString strMessage;
							//strMessage.Format(_T("Base FileName = %s Extension = %s Line = %s SplitLine = %s"), basefilename.c_str(), extension.c_str(), line.c_str(), splitline.c_str());
							//auto pszFileName = _T("File");
							//auto msgboxID = MessageBox(NULL, strMessage, pszFileName, MB_OK);
							count++;
						}

						toolvector.push_back(tool);
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	for (auto tool : toolvector)
	{
		CString strMessage;
		strMessage.Format(_T("<Tool # = %d> <SpindleSpeed = %d> <Feedrate = %lf> <Diameter = %lf> <length = %lf> <flutelength = %lf>"), tool.toolnumber,tool.spindlespeed,tool.feedrate,tool.diameter,tool.length,tool.flutelength);
		auto pszFileName = _T("File");
		auto msgboxID = MessageBox(NULL, strMessage, pszFileName, MB_OK);			
	}
	return 0;
}

In the folder where the application runs it looks for a .txt file named ToolDefinition.txt

Inside is this line 3 22000 420.0 0.25 2.0 .5

The line is divided by whitespace and converted into integers and floating point numbers as required.

I added the example to my GitHub here -> https://github.com/PeterRussellEvans/LoadToolDataFromTextFile

Here is a short video :