job setup values in post

[tryon]

hi all

using V8.1

 

in our post i set a misc interger switch to output some text.

 

The text output is this: G65P9222B?Z?

the B is for bar diameter

the Z is for the part OAL

 

what i am wondering is can i get my post to fill in the Dia and Oal from the job setup stock definition page? lower left corner for Z value and upper right corner for Diameter.

 

I figure this is always done anyway and maybe the post can get this for us, eliminating a few steps.

 

thanks

[Rekd™]

You can in Mill, so you 'prolly can in lathe. Take a look at the mpmaster.pst, it will shed some light on how to do it, (it's a mill post, and I'm a mill guy, so I'm not gonna get into details). In a nutshell, there's some variables available for these valuse.

 

'Rekd teh Dog & Pony show today :/

[tryon]

ok, i found that stck_thck and stck_ht variables can give me good numbers but when i post it out i get.

G65P9222Z-stck_thck 2.0 B stck_ht 1.0

 

the "Z-" and "B" are hard coded in i just need the numbers.

[Allan Brown]

You need to use a format assignment fmt to properly format the variables for output.

[tryon]

thanks Dave

 

i am closer now to what i need.

 

i added fmt B 12 stck_ht

fmt Z- 12 stck_thck

 

but now the stck_thck will only post out one time in my part program.

Can I save the value for use later?

Also what is the 12 for? i just put that in because alot of other format assignments had it.

[chris m]

1) If you put *stck_thck in the post where you want it, it should (I think) output anywhere

 

2) The 12 is for a pre-defined format (decimal,abs,4 place); the format statements are found here :

 

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

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

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

#Default english/metric position format statements

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

#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 0 4 0 4t #No decimal, absolute, 4 trailing

#Default english/metric feed format statements

fs2 17 0.2 0.1 #Decimal, absolute, 2/1 place

fs2 18 0.4 0.3 #Decimal, absolute, 4/3 place

fs2 19 0.5 0.4 #Decimal, absolute, 5/4 place

fs2 20 1 0 1 0n #Integer, forced output

 

[ 05-28-2003, 07:26 AM: Message edited by: chris m ]

[tryon]

got it, *stck_thck worked.

 

thanks guys