Radius mill variables or parameters

[CarbonCAD]

I finished a post, with much help, to post out a macro number that is assigned a certain tool type. I mean that if it is a ball endmill it will post out the measuring macro for a ball endmill, or whatever type of tool it is. Now I would like to pass some variables to the machine to be used in the macro. My problem: I can not find everything I need for a radius mill. I searched through the portfolio of information and did not find everything. The picture attached is what the macro calls for. I have shank dia. and flute length. I could calculate z = flute length - B, y=R+(W/2). So it looks like W is the one that is need. Where do I find this variable?

[CarbonCAD]

Here is the drawing. BTW I don't see the variable for the radius either.

[Stephen Carter]

The B should be tcr$

The W should be tldia$

[CarbonCAD]

Yup that's it. I was not finding them. I looked over tldia$ thinking it was going to give me the very outside diameter. Thank you.

[CarbonCAD]

Not to sound stupid but if W is my tldia$ then I don't have a variable for my A. I would think that there would be something for shank dia that I could use, but I haven't found anything. Is there anything that could work for this?

[CarbonCAD]

This is what I found:

 

Mill / General parameters

PRM_TP_TOOL

15830.....

15834 | Shank/arbor diameter (new for X6)

 

This is what I put in my post:

radtla : 0

fmt "A" 11 radtla

if prmcode$ = 15834, radtla = rparsngl(sparameter$, 1)

 

shank dia is .5

 

output: A0.

I tried with (sparameter$, 1) and sparameter$

 

edit: There is no 15834 in my nci

arbor dia - duh

[Alex_AMEAB]

Read from parameter 20007 instead. It's the fifth value. You need to format variables to hold as many values as the value you want to read.

 

 

fmt 2 dummy1
fmt 2 dummy2
fmt 2 dummy3
fmt 2 dummy4
fmt "A" 11 radtla


if prmcode$ = 20007, dummy1 = rpar(sparameter$, 5)

 

Radtla will now output your arbor diameter.