Active X Reports

[Bill Henderson]

I created this setup sheet a while back.

 

It works great if you have your data moved to Origin.

 

How do I get the max z depth to post correctly if I leave the data in it's native position?

 

I have tried to go thru Offsets/ Tools/// etc... but it still defaults a value from Origin.

 

In this case the WCS T/C plane is 2.600 above the actual origin and the Z level cut is at zero. I want that z level position called out.

 

I seen the calculation fields below bounded...have no idea how to use them.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks.

 

Oh... and its a real issue when you are programming 4th axis on a tombstone and part origin is 14 inches from acutal origin. Yikes.

[Chris Rizzo]

I'd stab a man in front of his own brother if I could figure out how to display max-z IN POSTION. It's beyond frustrating that ar won't display this. It's possibly one of the most useful fields a person could want.

[Bill Henderson]

I can get z depths if I use "depth" from the operation, however this ONLY works if you use an absolute value. Incremental (0) for instance will show the depth to be ZERO.

 

The help shows a z value under -BLOCK that is supposed to be from the WCS value...

 

I can NOT find -block in my bounded fields.

[Chris Rizzo]

I've combed through the xml list and the sample xml file and don't see a call for -BLOCK either. If you try and bind a report to the theoretical //BLOCK it flags an error that data set doesn't exist.

 

I'll make a few calls myself and get back to you.

[Bill Henderson]

Thanks Chris.

 

That seems to be where the z value is called from for WCS.

[Chris Rizzo]

The -block report is for a router block-drill toolpath. To check it out, I created a router program with a block drill op, and tried to run the router setup sheet. However the stock router AR won't even run. It errors out....Which further deepens the mystery...

 

erroring cause it's looking for a block dataset that doesn't exist?